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 Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 03:36:00 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: 21%

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 Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 03:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 48'	South
Longitude:	175° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.06 meters/second, 1519.4 km/hour, 944.1 miles/hour or 820.4 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' 24.7"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 06.1"	0.12 mi	south	15.74 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 46.8"	943.89 mi	west	0° 06' 07.1"	7.01 mi	south	943.62 mi
24 hours	345° 47' 45.0"	930.21 mi	west	1° 49' 53.0"	125.98 mi	south	933.53 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
Nadi	Thu 3:36 PM	189 km	117 miles	102 nm	NE
Lautoka	Thu 3:36 PM	206 km	128 miles	111 nm	NE
Suva	Thu 3:36 PM	270 km	168 miles	146 nm	ENE
Port Vila	Thu 2:36 PM	818 km	508 miles	442 nm	W
Nukualofa	Thu 4:36 PM	959 km	596 miles	518 nm	ESE
Pangai	Thu 4:36 PM	1023 km	636 miles	552 nm	E
Noumea	Thu 2:36 PM	1064 km	661 miles	575 nm	WSW
Funafuti	Thu 3:36 PM	1191 km	740 miles	643 nm	NNE
Apia	Thu 4:36 PM	1420 km	882 miles	767 nm	ENE
Alofi	Wed 4:36 PM	1486 km	924 miles	803 nm	E