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 19:10:00 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 19:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 16'	North
Longitude:	120° 05'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.30 meters/second, 1516.7 km/hour, 942.4 miles/hour or 818.9 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"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 02.9"	0.06 mi	north	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 04.9"	942.17 mi	west	0° 02' 53.8"	3.32 mi	north	942.03 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 37.3"	754.65 mi	east	0° 43' 15.2"	49.60 mi	north	754.51 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
Kaohsiung	Fri 3:10 AM	310 km	193 miles	167 nm	N
Baguio City	Fri 3:10 AM	430 km	267 miles	232 nm	S
Taichung	Fri 3:10 AM	434 km	270 miles	234 nm	N
Shantou	Fri 3:10 AM	492 km	305 miles	265 nm	NW
Xiamen	Fri 3:10 AM	508 km	316 miles	274 nm	NNW
Tarlac City	Fri 3:10 AM	532 km	331 miles	287 nm	S
Taipei	Fri 3:10 AM	551 km	342 miles	297 nm	NNE
Mabalacat	Fri 3:10 AM	562 km	349 miles	304 nm	S
Angeles	Fri 3:10 AM	570 km	354 miles	308 nm	S
Olongapo	Fri 3:10 AM	602 km	374 miles	325 nm	S