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 Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 17:36:00 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: 82%

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 Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 17:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 11'	North
Longitude:	142° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.53 meters/second, 1517.5 km/hour, 942.9 miles/hour or 819.4 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' 31.0"	15.72 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	north	15.72 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 06.4"	942.68 mi	west	0° 03' 02.7"	3.49 mi	north	942.53 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 10.0"	754.54 mi	east	0° 46' 51.4"	53.73 mi	north	754.54 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
Saipan	Fri 3:36 AM	633 km	393 miles	342 nm	SSE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Fri 3:36 AM	771 km	479 miles	416 nm	SSE
Melekeok	Fri 2:36 AM	1660 km	1032 miles	896 nm	SSW
Hamamatsu	Fri 2:36 AM	1685 km	1047 miles	910 nm	NNW
Shizuoka	Fri 2:36 AM	1696 km	1054 miles	916 nm	NNW
Yokohama	Fri 2:36 AM	1720 km	1069 miles	929 nm	N
Kawasaki	Fri 2:36 AM	1728 km	1073 miles	933 nm	N
Sagamihara	Fri 2:36 AM	1738 km	1080 miles	938 nm	N
Tokyo	Fri 2:36 AM	1745 km	1084 miles	942 nm	N
Nagoya	Fri 2:36 AM	1758 km	1093 miles	949 nm	NNW