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 15:36:00 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: 74%

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 15:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 57'	North
Longitude:	176° 31'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.33 meters/second, 1509.6 km/hour, 938.0 miles/hour or 815.1 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' 30.7"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 49.9"	937.76 mi	west	0° 00' 56.5"	1.08 mi	north	937.71 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 46.8"	755.81 mi	east	0° 04' 24.4"	5.06 mi	south	756.01 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
Midway	Fri 4:36 AM	810 km	503 miles	437 nm	N
Wake Island	Sat 3:36 AM	1769 km	1099 miles	955 nm	W
Honolulu	Fri 5:36 AM	1938 km	1204 miles	1046 nm	E
Majuro	Sat 3:36 AM	2020 km	1255 miles	1090 nm	SW
Baker Island	Fri 3:36 AM	2295 km	1426 miles	1239 nm	S
Tarawa	Sat 3:36 AM	2442 km	1517 miles	1318 nm	SSW
Kiritimati	Sat 5:36 AM	2965 km	1842 miles	1601 nm	SE
Yaren	Sat 3:36 AM	2983 km	1853 miles	1610 nm	SW
Palikir	Sat 2:36 AM	3137 km	1949 miles	1694 nm	WSW
Funafuti	Sat 3:36 AM	3292 km	2045 miles	1777 nm	S