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 20:20:00 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: 38%

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 20:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 40'	North
Longitude:	157° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.81 meters/second, 1511.3 km/hour, 939.1 miles/hour or 816.1 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"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	south	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 16.3"	938.84 mi	west	0° 02' 41.7"	3.09 mi	south	938.98 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 53.9"	770.23 mi	east	1° 32' 24.2"	105.95 mi	south	781.24 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	Mon 8:20 AM	987 km	614 miles	533 nm	E
Palikir	Mon 7:20 AM	1525 km	947 miles	823 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 6:20 AM	1556 km	967 miles	840 nm	WSW
Majuro	Mon 8:20 AM	2115 km	1314 miles	1142 nm	SE
Yokohama	Mon 5:20 AM	2380 km	1479 miles	1285 nm	NW
Tokyo	Mon 5:20 AM	2394 km	1488 miles	1293 nm	NW
Nagoya	Mon 5:20 AM	2563 km	1592 miles	1384 nm	NW
Yaren	Mon 8:20 AM	2568 km	1596 miles	1387 nm	SSE
Kyoto	Mon 5:20 AM	2643 km	1642 miles	1427 nm	NW
Osaka	Mon 5:20 AM	2643 km	1643 miles	1427 nm	NW