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 29, 2012 at 09:18:00 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: 99%

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 Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 09:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 13'	North
Longitude:	151° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.18 meters/second, 1617.1 km/hour, 1004.8 miles/hour or 873.1 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' 32.9"	16.75 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.21 mi	north	16.75 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 52.2"	1004.78 mi	west	0° 11' 14.5"	12.87 mi	north	1004.77 mi
24 hours	10° 49' 58.2"	748.20 mi	east	4° 21' 52.7"	299.93 mi	north	803.93 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
Kiritimati	Sat 11:18 PM	615 km	382 miles	332 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Fri 11:18 PM	2102 km	1306 miles	1135 nm	NNW
Papeete	Fri 11:18 PM	2309 km	1435 miles	1247 nm	S
Fakaofo	Sat 10:18 PM	2550 km	1584 miles	1377 nm	WSW
Baker Island	Fri 9:18 PM	2747 km	1707 miles	1483 nm	W
Rarotonga	Fri 11:18 PM	2835 km	1761 miles	1531 nm	SSW
Apia	Sat 10:18 PM	2887 km	1794 miles	1559 nm	SW
Alofi	Fri 10:18 PM	3151 km	1958 miles	1701 nm	SW
Funafuti	Sat 9:18 PM	3451 km	2145 miles	1864 nm	WSW
Nukualofa	Sat 10:18 PM	3697 km	2297 miles	1996 nm	SW