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 15, 2012 at 02:10:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

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 15, 2012 at 02:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 23'	North
Longitude:	132° 02'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.68 meters/second, 1611.6 km/hour, 1001.4 miles/hour or 870.2 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' 30.0"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 12.3"	0.24 mi	south	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 03.6"	1001.37 mi	west	0° 12' 23.2"	14.19 mi	south	1001.57 mi
24 hours	12° 05' 21.2"	834.82 mi	east	5° 02' 58.2"	346.97 mi	south	905.06 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
Manokwari	Sat 11:10 AM	522 km	324 miles	282 nm	SSE
Melekeok	Sat 11:10 AM	538 km	334 miles	291 nm	NNE
Sofifi	Sat 11:10 AM	577 km	359 miles	312 nm	WSW
Ternate	Sat 11:10 AM	591 km	367 miles	319 nm	WSW
Davao	Sat 10:10 AM	820 km	510 miles	443 nm	WNW
Manado	Sat 10:10 AM	827 km	514 miles	447 nm	WSW
Ambon	Sat 11:10 AM	893 km	555 miles	482 nm	SSW
Gorontalo	Sat 10:10 AM	1047 km	650 miles	565 nm	WSW
Jayapura	Sat 11:10 AM	1166 km	725 miles	630 nm	SE
Kendari	Sat 10:10 AM	1335 km	829 miles	721 nm	SW