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 Monday, September 10, 2012 at 19:34:00 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: 29%

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 Monday, September 10, 2012 at 19:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 12'	North
Longitude:	179° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.73 meters/second, 1525.4 km/hour, 947.8 miles/hour or 823.7 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"	15.80 mi	west	0° 00' 05.0"	0.09 mi	south	15.80 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 15.5"	947.62 mi	west	0° 05' 01.0"	5.75 mi	south	947.88 mi
24 hours	11° 52' 51.5"	776.31 mi	east	2° 26' 53.6"	168.38 mi	south	799.74 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
Midway	Mon 8:34 AM	1025 km	637 miles	554 nm	NNE
Wake Island	Tue 7:34 AM	1440 km	895 miles	777 nm	W
Majuro	Tue 7:34 AM	1660 km	1031 miles	896 nm	SW
Tarawa	Tue 7:34 AM	2124 km	1320 miles	1147 nm	SSW
Baker Island	Mon 7:34 AM	2130 km	1324 miles	1150 nm	S
Honolulu	Mon 9:34 AM	2288 km	1421 miles	1235 nm	E
Yaren	Tue 7:34 AM	2630 km	1634 miles	1420 nm	SW
Palikir	Tue 6:34 AM	2757 km	1713 miles	1489 nm	WSW
Funafuti	Tue 7:34 AM	3068 km	1906 miles	1656 nm	S
Kiritimati	Tue 9:34 AM	3097 km	1924 miles	1672 nm	SE