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 19:10:00 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: 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 19:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 38'	North
Longitude:	155° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.87 meters/second, 1522.3 km/hour, 945.9 miles/hour or 822.0 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"	15.77 mi	west	0° 00' 04.0"	0.08 mi	south	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 47.2"	945.70 mi	west	0° 04' 04.9"	4.68 mi	south	945.91 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 22.5"	759.63 mi	east	2° 03' 42.9"	141.82 mi	south	777.36 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 7:10 AM	1210 km	752 miles	653 nm	E
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 5:10 AM	1299 km	807 miles	701 nm	WSW
Palikir	Mon 6:10 AM	1444 km	897 miles	780 nm	SSE
Majuro	Mon 7:10 AM	2218 km	1378 miles	1198 nm	SE
Yokohama	Mon 4:10 AM	2320 km	1442 miles	1253 nm	NW
Tokyo	Mon 4:10 AM	2336 km	1452 miles	1261 nm	NW
Nagoya	Mon 4:10 AM	2483 km	1543 miles	1341 nm	NW
Osaka	Mon 4:10 AM	2553 km	1586 miles	1378 nm	NW
Kyoto	Mon 4:10 AM	2556 km	1588 miles	1380 nm	NW
Yaren	Mon 7:10 AM	2575 km	1600 miles	1390 nm	SSE