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 18:34:00 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: 55%

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 18:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 40'	North
Longitude:	163° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.76 meters/second, 1521.9 km/hour, 945.7 miles/hour or 821.8 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' 30.7"	15.76 mi	west	0° 00' 04.0"	0.08 mi	south	15.76 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 46.9"	945.46 mi	west	0° 04' 01.4"	4.62 mi	south	945.67 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 28.1"	759.54 mi	east	2° 02' 23.1"	140.30 mi	south	776.95 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 6:34 AM	298 km	185 miles	161 nm	E
Palikir	Mon 5:34 AM	1538 km	956 miles	830 nm	SSW
Majuro	Mon 6:34 AM	1597 km	992 miles	862 nm	SSE
Midway	Sun 7:34 AM	2131 km	1324 miles	1151 nm	ENE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 4:34 AM	2147 km	1334 miles	1159 nm	WSW
Tarawa	Mon 6:34 AM	2252 km	1399 miles	1216 nm	SSE
Yaren	Mon 6:34 AM	2260 km	1404 miles	1220 nm	S
Tokyo	Mon 3:34 AM	2956 km	1837 miles	1596 nm	NW
Baker Island	Sun 6:34 AM	3041 km	1890 miles	1642 nm	SE
Honiara	Mon 5:34 AM	3246 km	2017 miles	1753 nm	S