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 18:26:00 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 18:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 59'	North
Longitude:	142° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.21 meters/second, 1509.2 km/hour, 937.7 miles/hour or 814.9 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' 30.8"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.4"	937.48 mi	west	0° 00' 40.0"	0.76 mi	north	937.45 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 05.6"	755.94 mi	east	0° 11' 04.6"	12.70 mi	south	756.52 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
Saipan	Sat 4:26 AM	734 km	456 miles	396 nm	SSE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 4:26 AM	869 km	540 miles	469 nm	SSE
Hamamatsu	Sat 3:26 AM	1587 km	986 miles	857 nm	NNW
Shizuoka	Sat 3:26 AM	1599 km	994 miles	864 nm	NNW
Yokohama	Sat 3:26 AM	1625 km	1010 miles	877 nm	N
Kawasaki	Sat 3:26 AM	1633 km	1015 miles	882 nm	N
Sagamihara	Sat 3:26 AM	1643 km	1021 miles	887 nm	N
Tokyo	Sat 3:26 AM	1651 km	1026 miles	891 nm	N
Osaka	Sat 3:26 AM	1659 km	1031 miles	896 nm	NNW
Nagoya	Sat 3:26 AM	1660 km	1031 miles	896 nm	NNW