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 Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 13:58:00 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: 99%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Friday, August 31, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1:16 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 13:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 57'	North
Longitude:	159° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.60 meters/second, 1618.6 km/hour, 1005.7 miles/hour or 874.0 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' 32.4"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	north	16.76 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 26.4"	1005.72 mi	west	0° 11' 41.5"	13.39 mi	north	1005.78 mi
24 hours	10° 56' 29.2"	756.78 mi	east	4° 34' 27.2"	314.32 mi	north	818.25 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
Palikir	Sun 12:58 AM	677 km	421 miles	366 nm	NNW
Kolonia	Sun 12:58 AM	681 km	423 miles	368 nm	NNW
Yaren	Sun 1:58 AM	834 km	518 miles	450 nm	ESE
Arawa	Sat 11:58 PM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	SSW
Honiara	Sun 12:58 AM	1149 km	714 miles	621 nm	S
Majuro	Sun 1:58 AM	1461 km	908 miles	789 nm	ENE
Tarawa	Sun 1:58 AM	1496 km	929 miles	808 nm	E
Port Moresby	Sat 11:58 PM	1791 km	1113 miles	967 nm	SW
Jayapura	Sat 10:58 PM	2135 km	1326 miles	1153 nm	W
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 11:58 PM	2141 km	1330 miles	1156 nm	NW