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 17:26:00 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 17:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 58'	North
Longitude:	156° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.25 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' 48.8"	937.57 mi	west	0° 00' 45.7"	0.88 mi	north	937.53 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 59.5"	755.90 mi	east	0° 08' 43.4"	10.00 mi	south	756.33 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 5:26 AM	1039 km	645 miles	561 nm	E
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 3:26 AM	1532 km	952 miles	827 nm	WSW
Palikir	Sat 4:26 AM	1561 km	970 miles	843 nm	S
Majuro	Sat 5:26 AM	2172 km	1350 miles	1173 nm	SE
Yokohama	Sat 2:26 AM	2324 km	1444 miles	1255 nm	NW
Tokyo	Sat 2:26 AM	2338 km	1453 miles	1262 nm	NW
Nagoya	Sat 2:26 AM	2506 km	1557 miles	1353 nm	NW
Kyoto	Sat 2:26 AM	2586 km	1607 miles	1396 nm	NW
Osaka	Sat 2:26 AM	2586 km	1607 miles	1396 nm	NW
Kobe	Sat 2:26 AM	2614 km	1624 miles	1411 nm	NW