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 19:36:00 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 19:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 60'	North
Longitude:	125° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.17 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' 47.9"	937.39 mi	west	0° 00' 33.0"	0.63 mi	north	937.36 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 12.3"	756.00 mi	east	0° 13' 49.4"	15.85 mi	south	756.74 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
Kaohsiung	Sat 3:36 AM	562 km	349 miles	304 nm	WNW
Taichung	Sat 3:36 AM	601 km	374 miles	325 nm	NW
Taipei	Sat 3:36 AM	603 km	375 miles	326 nm	NW
Naha	Sat 4:36 AM	617 km	383 miles	333 nm	NNE
Baguio City	Sat 3:36 AM	719 km	446 miles	388 nm	SW
Foochow	Sat 3:36 AM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	NW
Quezon	Sat 3:36 AM	836 km	520 miles	451 nm	SW
Xiamen	Sat 3:36 AM	847 km	526 miles	457 nm	WNW
Manila	Sat 3:36 AM	848 km	527 miles	458 nm	SW
Makati	Sat 3:36 AM	852 km	530 miles	460 nm	SW