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 30, 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: 100%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:19 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 09:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 35'	North
Longitude:	141° 08'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.00 meters/second, 1605.6 km/hour, 997.7 miles/hour or 867.0 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"	16.63 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.63 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 54.8"	997.63 mi	west	0° 10' 28.6"	12.00 mi	north	997.50 mi
24 hours	10° 52' 22.3"	745.60 mi	east	3° 58' 38.6"	273.37 mi	north	790.34 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	Sun 11:18 PM	1904 km	1183 miles	1028 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Sat 11:18 PM	2354 km	1463 miles	1271 nm	NW
Papeete	Sat 11:18 PM	2928 km	1819 miles	1581 nm	SSW
Los Angeles *	Sun 2:18 AM	3757 km	2334 miles	2028 nm	NE
Rarotonga	Sat 11:18 PM	3782 km	2350 miles	2042 nm	SSW
Adamstown	Sun 1:18 AM	3804 km	2364 miles	2054 nm	SSE
Fakaofo	Sun 10:18 PM	3828 km	2378 miles	2067 nm	WSW
San Francisco *	Sun 2:18 AM	3839 km	2386 miles	2073 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Sun 2:18 AM	3956 km	2458 miles	2136 nm	NE
Baker Island	Sat 9:18 PM	4006 km	2489 miles	2163 nm	W