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.
View Day and Night Map
Map notes
- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 16:46:00 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: 65%
Position of the Moon
On Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 16:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 50' | North |
| Longitude: | 178° 15' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.56 meters/second, 1510.4 km/hour, 938.5 miles/hour or 815.6 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' 01.5" | 0.03 mi | south | 15.64 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 42.7" | 938.26 mi | west | 0° 01' 31.5" | 1.75 mi | south | 938.35 mi |
| 24 hours | 348° 17' 31.8" | 757.06 mi | west | 1° 03' 31.2" | 72.83 mi | south | 763.15 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 |
|---|
| Midway | Sat 5:46 AM | 929 km | 577 miles | 502 nm |  NNE |
| Wake Island | Sun 4:46 AM | 1225 km | 761 miles | 662 nm |  W |
| Majuro | Sun 4:46 AM | 1695 km | 1053 miles | 915 nm |  SSW |
| Tarawa | Sun 4:46 AM | 2223 km | 1381 miles | 1200 nm | SSW |
| Baker Island | Sat 4:46 AM | 2355 km | 1463 miles | 1272 nm |  SSE |
| Honolulu | Sat 6:46 AM | 2481 km | 1542 miles | 1340 nm |  E |
| Palikir | Sun 3:46 AM | 2656 km | 1650 miles | 1434 nm |  WSW |
| Yaren | Sun 4:46 AM | 2667 km | 1657 miles | 1440 nm | SSW |
| Funafuti | Sun 4:46 AM | 3249 km | 2019 miles | 1754 nm |  S |
| Kiritimati | Sun 6:46 AM | 3381 km | 2101 miles | 1826 nm |  SE |
Advertising
Astronomy calculators
More information
Related time zone tools
