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 Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 17:36:00 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: 39%

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 Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 17:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 47'	North
Longitude:	163° 02'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.50 meters/second, 1510.2 km/hour, 938.4 miles/hour or 815.5 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' 30.2"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.05 mi	south	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 17.1"	938.15 mi	west	0° 02' 25.0"	2.77 mi	south	938.27 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 49.5"	769.57 mi	east	1° 25' 50.0"	98.41 mi	south	779.36 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	Sun 7:36 AM	541 km	336 miles	292 nm	E
Wailuku	Sun 7:36 AM	679 km	422 miles	367 nm	E
Midway	Sun 6:36 AM	1669 km	1037 miles	901 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Mon 7:36 AM	2182 km	1356 miles	1178 nm	SSE
Baker Island	Sun 5:36 AM	2708 km	1682 miles	1462 nm	SW
Majuro	Mon 5:36 AM	3159 km	1963 miles	1706 nm	WSW
Wake Island	Mon 5:36 AM	3173 km	1971 miles	1713 nm	W
Tarawa	Mon 5:36 AM	3373 km	2096 miles	1821 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Mon 6:36 AM	3454 km	2146 miles	1865 nm	SSW
Adak *	Sun 8:36 AM	3646 km	2265 miles	1969 nm	NNW