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 02:28:00 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 02:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 19'	North
Longitude:	127° 41'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.70 meters/second, 1611.7 km/hour, 1001.5 miles/hour or 870.3 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' 03.3"	1001.43 mi	west	0° 12' 23.7"	14.20 mi	south	1001.63 mi
24 hours	12° 05' 32.8"	835.10 mi	east	5° 03' 05.0"	347.10 mi	south	905.33 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
Ternate	Sat 11:28 AM	281 km	175 miles	152 nm	S
Sofifi	Sat 11:28 AM	286 km	178 miles	154 nm	S
Manado	Sat 10:28 AM	376 km	233 miles	203 nm	WSW
Davao	Sat 10:28 AM	474 km	294 miles	256 nm	NNW
Gorontalo	Sat 10:28 AM	600 km	373 miles	324 nm	WSW
Marawi City	Sat 10:28 AM	639 km	397 miles	345 nm	NW
Cagayan de Oro	Sat 10:28 AM	662 km	412 miles	358 nm	NNW
Ambon	Sat 11:28 AM	778 km	483 miles	420 nm	S
Manokwari	Sat 11:28 AM	848 km	527 miles	458 nm	ESE
Cebu City	Sat 10:28 AM	876 km	544 miles	473 nm	NNW