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 Friday, September 7, 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: 58%

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 Friday, September 7, 2012 at 18:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 47'	North
Longitude:	158° 53'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.79 meters/second, 1511.3 km/hour, 939.1 miles/hour or 816.0 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' 30.8"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	north	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 52.7"	938.79 mi	west	0° 02' 16.6"	2.61 mi	north	938.67 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 45.3"	758.72 mi	east	0° 27' 38.9"	31.71 mi	north	758.22 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
Wake Island	Sat 6:36 AM	829 km	515 miles	447 nm	E
Palikir	Sat 5:36 AM	1536 km	955 miles	830 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 4:36 AM	1707 km	1060 miles	921 nm	WSW
Majuro	Sat 6:36 AM	2009 km	1248 miles	1085 nm	SE
Yokohama	Sat 3:36 AM	2484 km	1543 miles	1341 nm	NW
Tokyo	Sat 3:36 AM	2496 km	1551 miles	1348 nm	NW
Yaren	Sat 6:36 AM	2515 km	1563 miles	1358 nm	SSE
Midway	Fri 7:36 AM	2537 km	1577 miles	1370 nm	ENE
Tarawa	Sat 6:36 AM	2635 km	1637 miles	1423 nm	SE
Melekeok	Sat 3:36 AM	2997 km	1862 miles	1618 nm	WSW