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 Monday, October 1, 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: 98%

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 Monday, October 1, 2012 at 09:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 33'	North
Longitude:	130° 16'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.72 meters/second, 1586.6 km/hour, 985.9 miles/hour or 856.7 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' 32.6"	16.43 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.43 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 40.4"	985.77 mi	west	0° 09' 17.8"	10.65 mi	north	985.55 mi
24 hours	11° 00' 32.5"	746.18 mi	east	3° 26' 02.4"	236.09 mi	north	777.86 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
Los Angeles *	Mon 2:18 AM	2775 km	1724 miles	1498 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Mon 2:18 AM	2788 km	1732 miles	1505 nm	NE
San Francisco *	Mon 2:18 AM	3007 km	1869 miles	1624 nm	NNE
Phoenix	Mon 2:18 AM	3052 km	1896 miles	1648 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Mon 2:18 AM	3118 km	1937 miles	1684 nm	NNE
Honolulu	Sun 11:18 PM	3132 km	1946 miles	1691 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Mon 11:18 PM	3175 km	1973 miles	1714 nm	WSW
Mexico City *	Mon 4:18 AM	3446 km	2141 miles	1861 nm	ENE
Salt Lake City *	Mon 3:18 AM	3705 km	2302 miles	2001 nm	NNE
Papeete	Sun 11:18 PM	3854 km	2395 miles	2081 nm	SSW