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 Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 18:10:00 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: 56%

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 Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 18:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 42'	North
Longitude:	169° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.69 meters/second, 1521.7 km/hour, 945.5 miles/hour or 821.6 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' 30.8"	15.76 mi	west	0° 00' 03.8"	0.08 mi	south	15.76 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 46.8"	945.30 mi	west	0° 03' 59.2"	4.57 mi	south	945.51 mi
24 hours	348° 20' 28.0"	759.48 mi	west	2° 01' 29.9"	139.28 mi	south	776.69 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
Wake Island	Mon 6:10 AM	317 km	197 miles	171 nm	W
Majuro	Mon 6:10 AM	1398 km	869 miles	755 nm	S
Midway	Sun 7:10 AM	1622 km	1008 miles	876 nm	NE
Palikir	Mon 5:10 AM	1880 km	1168 miles	1015 nm	SW
Tarawa	Mon 6:10 AM	2054 km	1277 miles	1109 nm	S
Yaren	Mon 6:10 AM	2257 km	1402 miles	1219 nm	S
Baker Island	Sun 6:10 AM	2635 km	1637 miles	1423 nm	SE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 4:10 AM	2740 km	1703 miles	1480 nm	W
Funafuti	Mon 6:10 AM	3292 km	2046 miles	1778 nm	SSE
Honolulu	Sun 8:10 AM	3389 km	2106 miles	1830 nm	E