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 Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 19:10:00 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: 66%

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 Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 19:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 27'	North
Longitude:	139° 07'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.63 meters/second, 1525.1 km/hour, 947.6 miles/hour or 823.5 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' 31.3"	15.79 mi	west	0° 00' 04.5"	0.09 mi	north	15.80 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 23.4"	947.40 mi	west	0° 04' 27.3"	5.11 mi	north	947.20 mi
24 hours	11° 32' 50.5"	753.36 mi	east	1° 21' 34.9"	93.54 mi	north	755.95 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
Saipan	Fri 5:10 AM	847 km	527 miles	458 nm	ESE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Fri 5:10 AM	894 km	555 miles	483 nm	SE
Melekeok	Fri 4:10 AM	1408 km	875 miles	760 nm	SSW
Hamamatsu	Fri 4:10 AM	1697 km	1054 miles	916 nm	N
Kumamoto	Fri 4:10 AM	1700 km	1056 miles	918 nm	NNW
Shizuoka	Fri 4:10 AM	1723 km	1070 miles	930 nm	N
Osaka	Fri 4:10 AM	1724 km	1071 miles	931 nm	N
Kobe	Fri 4:10 AM	1733 km	1077 miles	936 nm	NNW
Kyoto	Fri 4:10 AM	1755 km	1090 miles	948 nm	N
Nagoya	Fri 4:10 AM	1755 km	1091 miles	948 nm	N