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 Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 15:36:00 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: 66%

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 Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 15:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 52'	North
Longitude:	164° 49'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.48 meters/second, 1510.1 km/hour, 938.3 miles/hour or 815.4 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' 30.6"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 01.3"	0.03 mi	south	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 42.7"	938.09 mi	west	0° 01' 24.7"	1.62 mi	south	938.17 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 31.8"	756.99 mi	east	1° 00' 48.1"	69.72 mi	south	762.68 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
Honolulu	Sat 5:36 AM	725 km	451 miles	392 nm	E
Midway	Sat 4:36 AM	1508 km	937 miles	814 nm	NW
Kiritimati	Sun 5:36 AM	2254 km	1400 miles	1217 nm	SSE
Baker Island	Sat 3:36 AM	2615 km	1625 miles	1412 nm	SSW
Wake Island	Sun 3:36 AM	2986 km	1855 miles	1612 nm	W
Majuro	Sun 3:36 AM	2995 km	1861 miles	1617 nm	WSW
Tarawa	Sun 3:36 AM	3230 km	2007 miles	1744 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Sun 4:36 AM	3417 km	2123 miles	1845 nm	SSW
Adak *	Sat 6:36 AM	3590 km	2231 miles	1938 nm	NNW
Unalaska *	Sat 7:36 AM	3664 km	2277 miles	1979 nm	N