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 18:36:00 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: 73%

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 18:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 59'	North
Longitude:	139° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.20 meters/second, 1509.1 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' 30.7"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.3"	937.47 mi	west	0° 00' 39.0"	0.74 mi	north	937.44 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 06.6"	755.95 mi	east	0° 11' 28.2"	13.15 mi	south	756.55 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 4:36 AM	887 km	551 miles	479 nm	SE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 4:36 AM	976 km	606 miles	527 nm	SSE
Hamamatsu	Sat 3:36 AM	1536 km	955 miles	830 nm	N
Shizuoka	Sat 3:36 AM	1558 km	968 miles	841 nm	N
Osaka	Sat 3:36 AM	1578 km	980 miles	852 nm	NNW
Kobe	Sat 3:36 AM	1589 km	987 miles	858 nm	NNW
Kumamoto	Sat 3:36 AM	1597 km	992 miles	862 nm	NNW
Melekeok	Sat 3:36 AM	1598 km	993 miles	863 nm	SSW
Nagoya	Sat 3:36 AM	1599 km	994 miles	864 nm	N
Yokohama	Sat 3:36 AM	1603 km	996 miles	866 nm	N