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 Friday, October 5, 2012 at 13:10:00 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: 75%

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 Friday, October 5, 2012 at 13:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 54'	North
Longitude:	141° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.47 meters/second, 1510.1 km/hour, 938.3 miles/hour or 815.4 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' 30.9"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 01.1"	0.02 mi	north	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 51.2"	938.07 mi	west	0° 01' 10.6"	1.35 mi	north	938.01 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 27.8"	755.69 mi	east	0° 01' 18.6"	1.50 mi	north	755.64 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
Honolulu	Fri 3:10 AM	1730 km	1075 miles	934 nm	W
San Francisco *	Fri 6:10 AM	2601 km	1616 miles	1404 nm	NE
San Jose *	Fri 6:10 AM	2607 km	1620 miles	1408 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Fri 6:10 AM	2685 km	1669 miles	1450 nm	NE
Kiritimati	Sat 3:10 AM	2739 km	1702 miles	1479 nm	SW
Las Vegas *	Fri 6:10 AM	3041 km	1890 miles	1642 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Fri 6:10 AM	3173 km	1972 miles	1714 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Fri 6:10 AM	3189 km	1981 miles	1722 nm	ENE
Seattle *	Fri 6:10 AM	3415 km	2122 miles	1844 nm	NNE
Vancouver *	Fri 6:10 AM	3534 km	2196 miles	1908 nm	NNE