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 Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 22:08:00 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: 11%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 22:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 55'	South
Longitude:	119° 01'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.47 meters/second, 1553.3 km/hour, 965.2 miles/hour or 838.7 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' 26.1"	16.09 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	south	16.09 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 06.3"	964.98 mi	west	0° 09' 28.1"	10.85 mi	south	964.69 mi
24 hours	13° 47' 03.8"	921.50 mi	east	3° 17' 56.8"	226.88 mi	south	941.65 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
Adamstown	Tue 2:08 PM	1614 km	1003 miles	872 nm	SW
Easter Island *	Tue 5:08 PM	1680 km	1044 miles	907 nm	SE
Papeete	Tue 12:08 PM	3276 km	2036 miles	1769 nm	W
Galapagos Islands	Tue 4:08 PM	3586 km	2228 miles	1936 nm	ENE
Rarotonga	Tue 12:08 PM	4360 km	2709 miles	2354 nm	WSW
Mexico City *	Tue 5:08 PM	4378 km	2720 miles	2364 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Tue 4:08 PM	4526 km	2813 miles	2444 nm	NE
Lima	Tue 5:08 PM	4549 km	2827 miles	2456 nm	E
San Salvador	Tue 4:08 PM	4560 km	2834 miles	2462 nm	NE
Kiritimati	Wed 12:08 PM	4611 km	2865 miles	2490 nm	WNW