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.

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Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 02:28:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

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 Friday, August 17, 2012 at 02:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 54'	North
Longitude:	135° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.63 meters/second, 1586.3 km/hour, 985.7 miles/hour or 856.5 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' 30.4"	16.43 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	south	16.43 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 30.7"	985.56 mi	west	0° 10' 35.5"	12.13 mi	south	985.92 mi
24 hours	11° 46' 09.0"	799.50 mi	east	4° 29' 53.5"	309.16 mi	south	862.03 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
Melekeok	Fri 11:28 AM	386 km	240 miles	208 nm	SSW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Fri 12:28 PM	1054 km	655 miles	569 nm	ENE
Davao	Fri 10:28 AM	1159 km	720 miles	626 nm	WSW
Manokwari	Fri 11:28 AM	1310 km	814 miles	707 nm	S
Manado	Fri 10:28 AM	1566 km	973 miles	846 nm	SW
Jayapura	Fri 11:28 AM	1597 km	992 miles	862 nm	SSE
Quezon	Fri 10:28 AM	1615 km	1004 miles	872 nm	WNW
Manila	Fri 10:28 AM	1619 km	1006 miles	874 nm	WNW
Gorontalo	Fri 10:28 AM	1784 km	1109 miles	964 nm	SW
Taipei	Fri 10:28 AM	2148 km	1334 miles	1160 nm	NW