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 19:20:00 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 19:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 60'	North
Longitude:	129° 18'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.18 meters/second, 1509.0 km/hour, 937.7 miles/hour or 814.8 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' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.0"	937.41 mi	west	0° 00' 34.7"	0.66 mi	north	937.38 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 10.7"	755.99 mi	east	0° 13' 11.7"	15.13 mi	south	756.69 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
Naha	Sat 4:20 AM	597 km	371 miles	322 nm	NNW
Taipei	Sat 3:20 AM	916 km	569 miles	494 nm	WNW
Kaohsiung	Sat 3:20 AM	941 km	585 miles	508 nm	WNW
Quezon	Sat 3:20 AM	1116 km	694 miles	603 nm	SW
Manila	Sat 3:20 AM	1127 km	701 miles	609 nm	SW
Foochow	Sat 3:20 AM	1159 km	720 miles	626 nm	WNW
Kagoshima	Sat 4:20 AM	1180 km	733 miles	637 nm	N
Xiamen	Sat 3:20 AM	1215 km	755 miles	656 nm	WNW
Kumamoto	Sat 4:20 AM	1316 km	818 miles	711 nm	N
Shantou	Sat 3:20 AM	1327 km	825 miles	717 nm	WNW