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 20:10:00 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: 64%

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 20:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 45'	North
Longitude:	128° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.81 meters/second, 1511.3 km/hour, 939.1 miles/hour or 816.1 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"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.03 mi	south	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 42.8"	938.84 mi	west	0° 01' 51.5"	2.13 mi	south	938.94 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 14.2"	757.27 mi	east	1° 11' 25.8"	81.90 mi	south	764.59 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	Sun 5:10 AM	613 km	381 miles	331 nm	NNW
Taipei	Sun 4:10 AM	896 km	557 miles	484 nm	NW
Kaohsiung	Sun 4:10 AM	910 km	566 miles	492 nm	WNW
Baguio City	Sun 4:10 AM	999 km	621 miles	540 nm	WSW
Quezon	Sun 4:10 AM	1068 km	663 miles	577 nm	SW
Manila	Sun 4:10 AM	1079 km	670 miles	582 nm	SW
Foochow	Sun 4:10 AM	1139 km	708 miles	615 nm	WNW
Xiamen	Sun 4:10 AM	1187 km	737 miles	641 nm	WNW
Kagoshima	Sun 5:10 AM	1212 km	753 miles	654 nm	N
Shantou	Sun 4:10 AM	1295 km	805 miles	699 nm	WNW