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 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: 65%

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

Latitude:	20° 48'	North
Longitude:	151° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.69 meters/second, 1510.9 km/hour, 938.8 miles/hour or 815.8 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' 30.6"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 01.7"	0.03 mi	south	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 42.6"	938.56 mi	west	0° 01' 42.2"	1.96 mi	south	938.65 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 21.1"	757.17 mi	east	1° 07' 47.3"	77.73 mi	south	763.91 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	Sun 4:36 AM	879 km	546 miles	475 nm	SW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sun 4:36 AM	1092 km	679 miles	590 nm	SW
Wake Island	Sun 6:36 AM	1578 km	981 miles	852 nm	E
Palikir	Sun 5:36 AM	1689 km	1049 miles	912 nm	SSE
Yokohama	Sun 3:36 AM	2003 km	1245 miles	1082 nm	NNW
Tokyo	Sun 3:36 AM	2021 km	1256 miles	1091 nm	NNW
Nagoya	Sun 3:36 AM	2148 km	1335 miles	1160 nm	NW
Osaka	Sun 3:36 AM	2207 km	1371 miles	1192 nm	NW
Kyoto	Sun 3:36 AM	2214 km	1376 miles	1195 nm	NW
Kobe	Sun 3:36 AM	2232 km	1387 miles	1205 nm	NW