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 Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 02:58:00 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: 54%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7:41 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 02:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 19'	South
Longitude:	132° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.48 meters/second, 1506.5 km/hour, 936.1 miles/hour or 813.5 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' 25.4"	15.60 mi	west	0° 00' 03.5"	0.07 mi	north	15.60 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 30.0"	935.91 mi	west	0° 03' 41.8"	4.24 mi	north	936.10 mi
24 hours	13° 31' 50.9"	877.93 mi	east	2° 01' 55.5"	139.79 mi	north	894.47 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
Gambier Islands	Sat 5:58 PM	408 km	254 miles	220 nm	SW
Adamstown	Sat 6:58 PM	578 km	359 miles	312 nm	SSE
Papeete	Sat 4:58 PM	1831 km	1138 miles	989 nm	W
Easter Island *	Sat 9:58 PM	2467 km	1533 miles	1332 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Sat 4:58 PM	2847 km	1769 miles	1537 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sun 4:58 PM	3662 km	2275 miles	1977 nm	NW
Alofi	Sat 3:58 PM	3926 km	2440 miles	2120 nm	W
Apia	Sun 3:58 PM	4240 km	2634 miles	2289 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sun 3:58 PM	4337 km	2695 miles	2342 nm	W
Nukualofa	Sun 3:58 PM	4444 km	2761 miles	2399 nm	W