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 19:20:00 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 19:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 17'	North
Longitude:	117° 40'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.28 meters/second, 1516.6 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' 31.1"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 02.9"	0.06 mi	north	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 04.8"	942.12 mi	west	0° 02' 52.9"	3.31 mi	north	941.98 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 40.2"	754.66 mi	east	0° 42' 52.2"	49.16 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
Shantou	Fri 3:20 AM	356 km	221 miles	192 nm	NNW
Kaohsiung	Fri 3:20 AM	421 km	261 miles	227 nm	NE
Kowloon	Fri 3:20 AM	422 km	262 miles	228 nm	WNW
Hong Kong	Fri 3:20 AM	427 km	265 miles	230 nm	WNW
Shenzhen	Fri 3:20 AM	444 km	276 miles	240 nm	NW
Xiamen	Fri 3:20 AM	465 km	289 miles	251 nm	N
Macau	Fri 3:20 AM	478 km	297 miles	258 nm	WNW
Baguio City	Fri 3:20 AM	527 km	328 miles	285 nm	SE
Taichung	Fri 3:20 AM	528 km	328 miles	285 nm	NE
Guangzhou	Fri 3:20 AM	555 km	345 miles	299 nm	NW