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 8, 2012 at 15:36:00 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: 49%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 15:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 14'	North
Longitude:	145° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.35 meters/second, 1506.1 km/hour, 935.8 miles/hour or 813.2 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"	15.60 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.00 mi	north	15.60 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 31.6"	935.55 mi	west	0° 00' 12.6"	0.24 mi	north	935.54 mi
24 hours	11° 50' 23.9"	763.55 mi	east	0° 22' 45.1"	26.09 mi	south	764.97 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
Honolulu	Sat 5:36 AM	1245 km	774 miles	672 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sun 5:36 AM	2479 km	1540 miles	1338 nm	SSW
San Francisco *	Sat 8:36 AM	2903 km	1804 miles	1567 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Sat 8:36 AM	3057 km	1900 miles	1651 nm	ENE
Midway	Sat 4:36 AM	3271 km	2032 miles	1766 nm	WNW
Las Vegas *	Sat 8:36 AM	3402 km	2114 miles	1837 nm	NE
Phoenix	Sat 8:36 AM	3586 km	2228 miles	1936 nm	ENE
Seattle *	Sat 8:36 AM	3607 km	2241 miles	1948 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Sat 8:36 AM	3609 km	2242 miles	1949 nm	ENE
Vancouver *	Sat 8:36 AM	3705 km	2302 miles	2000 nm	NNE