Moon Light World Map

The map below shows where the Moon is visible from the Earth, depending on weather conditions and moon phases.
The white dot symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun symbolizes the position of the sun.

View Day and Night Map

Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 18:36:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.

Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 32%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Friday, August 17, 2012 at 3:55 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 18:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 18'	North
Longitude:	170° 17'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.17 meters/second, 1505.4 km/hour, 935.4 miles/hour or 812.9 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 30.5"	15.59 mi	west	0° 00' 01.5"	0.03 mi	north	15.59 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 29.9"	935.15 mi	west	0° 01' 29.6"	1.71 mi	north	935.07 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 45.4"	766.86 mi	east	0° 07' 45.6"	8.90 mi	north	766.57 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Midway	Sat 7:36 AM	1048 km	651 miles	566 nm	NW
Honolulu	Sat 8:36 AM	1290 km	801 miles	696 nm	E
Wake Island	Sun 6:36 AM	2417 km	1502 miles	1305 nm	W
Baker Island	Sat 6:36 AM	2430 km	1510 miles	1312 nm	SSW
Majuro	Sun 6:36 AM	2533 km	1574 miles	1368 nm	SW
Kiritimati	Sun 8:36 AM	2568 km	1596 miles	1387 nm	SE
Tarawa	Sun 6:36 AM	2851 km	1771 miles	1539 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Sun 7:36 AM	3394 km	2109 miles	1832 nm	S
Adak *	Sat 9:36 AM	3437 km	2135 miles	1856 nm	N
Yaren	Sun 6:36 AM	3461 km	2150 miles	1869 nm	SW