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 18:10:00 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: 81%

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 18:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 13'	North
Longitude:	134° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.44 meters/second, 1517.2 km/hour, 942.7 miles/hour or 819.2 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' 31.1"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	north	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 05.8"	942.49 mi	west	0° 02' 59.5"	3.43 mi	north	942.35 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 20.0"	754.58 mi	east	0° 45' 33.2"	52.23 mi	north	754.53 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
Guam (Hagåtña)	Fri 4:10 AM	1313 km	816 miles	709 nm	ESE
Kagoshima	Fri 3:10 AM	1323 km	822 miles	714 nm	NNW
Melekeok	Fri 3:10 AM	1407 km	874 miles	760 nm	S
Kumamoto	Fri 3:10 AM	1447 km	899 miles	781 nm	NNW
Taipei	Fri 2:10 AM	1448 km	899 miles	782 nm	WNW
Fukuoka	Fri 3:10 AM	1547 km	961 miles	835 nm	NNW
Kitakyushu	Fri 3:10 AM	1558 km	968 miles	841 nm	NNW
Quezon	Fri 2:10 AM	1563 km	971 miles	844 nm	WSW
Manila	Fri 2:10 AM	1572 km	977 miles	849 nm	WSW
Osaka	Fri 3:10 AM	1603 km	996 miles	866 nm	N