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 13:30:00 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%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, October 5, 2012 at 13:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 54' | North |
| Longitude: | 146° 02' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.45 meters/second, 1510.0 km/hour, 938.3 miles/hour or 815.3 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' 51.0" | 938.02 mi | west | 0° 01' 08.7" | 1.31 mi | north | 937.96 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 41' 30.6" | 755.71 mi | east | 0° 00' 31.7" | 0.61 mi | north | 755.69 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 3:30 AM | 1229 km | 763 miles | 663 nm |  W |
| Kiritimati | Sat 3:30 AM | 2437 km | 1514 miles | 1316 nm |  SSW |
| San Francisco * | Fri 6:30 AM | 2942 km | 1828 miles | 1589 nm |  NE |
| Los Angeles * | Fri 6:30 AM | 3093 km | 1922 miles | 1670 nm | NE |
| Midway | Fri 2:30 AM | 3266 km | 2029 miles | 1763 nm |  WNW |
| Las Vegas * | Fri 6:30 AM | 3439 km | 2137 miles | 1857 nm | NE |
| Phoenix | Fri 6:30 AM | 3620 km | 2250 miles | 1955 nm |  ENE |
| Hermosillo | Fri 6:30 AM | 3640 km | 2262 miles | 1965 nm | ENE |
| Seattle * | Fri 6:30 AM | 3649 km | 2267 miles | 1970 nm |  NNE |
| Vancouver * | Fri 6:30 AM | 3746 km | 2328 miles | 2023 nm | NNE |
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