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 Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 19:30:00 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: 88%

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 Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 19:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 41'	North
Longitude:	103° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.65 meters/second, 1532.3 km/hour, 952.1 miles/hour or 827.4 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' 31.5"	15.87 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	north	15.87 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 30.8"	951.92 mi	west	0° 05' 02.3"	5.78 mi	north	951.70 mi
24 hours	11° 28' 56.5"	752.58 mi	east	1° 36' 19.5"	110.43 mi	north	757.02 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
Wanon Niwat	Thu 2:30 AM	116 km	72 miles	63 nm	S
Vientiane	Thu 2:30 AM	146 km	91 miles	79 nm	WSW
Sakon Nakhon	Thu 2:30 AM	173 km	107 miles	93 nm	SSE
Udon Thani	Thu 2:30 AM	175 km	109 miles	94 nm	SW
Luang Prabang	Thu 2:30 AM	218 km	135 miles	117 nm	NW
Savannakhet	Thu 2:30 AM	257 km	159 miles	139 nm	SSE
Khon Kaen	Thu 2:30 AM	268 km	167 miles	145 nm	SSW
Hanoi	Thu 2:30 AM	340 km	211 miles	183 nm	NE
Hai Phong	Thu 2:30 AM	389 km	242 miles	210 nm	NE
Pakse	Thu 2:30 AM	449 km	279 miles	243 nm	SSE