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.

View Day and Night Map

Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Friday, October 5, 2012 at 17:16:00 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 17:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 58'	North
Longitude:	159° 18'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.26 meters/second, 1509.3 km/hour, 937.8 miles/hour or 815.0 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' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.9"	937.59 mi	west	0° 00' 46.7"	0.89 mi	north	937.55 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 58.3"	755.89 mi	east	0° 08' 19.8"	9.55 mi	south	756.30 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
Wake Island	Sat 5:16 AM	791 km	492 miles	427 nm	ESE
Palikir	Sat 4:16 AM	1559 km	969 miles	842 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 3:16 AM	1753 km	1089 miles	947 nm	WSW
Majuro	Sat 5:16 AM	1995 km	1240 miles	1077 nm	SE
Midway	Fri 6:16 AM	2491 km	1548 miles	1345 nm	ENE
Yokohama	Sat 2:16 AM	2500 km	1553 miles	1350 nm	NW
Tokyo	Sat 2:16 AM	2512 km	1561 miles	1356 nm	NW
Yaren	Sat 5:16 AM	2519 km	1565 miles	1360 nm	SSE
Tarawa	Sat 5:16 AM	2626 km	1631 miles	1418 nm	SE
Melekeok	Sat 2:16 AM	3044 km	1891 miles	1643 nm	WSW