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

Latitude:	19° 33'	North
Longitude:	140° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.05 meters/second, 1523.0 km/hour, 946.3 miles/hour or 822.3 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' 04.1"	0.08 mi	south	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 47.4"	946.11 mi	west	0° 04' 10.7"	4.79 mi	south	946.32 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 13.1"	759.78 mi	east	2° 05' 55.6"	144.36 mi	south	778.03 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	Mon 6:10 AM	728 km	453 miles	393 nm	SE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 6:10 AM	805 km	500 miles	435 nm	SSE
Melekeok	Mon 5:10 AM	1483 km	921 miles	801 nm	SSW
Hamamatsu	Mon 5:10 AM	1703 km	1058 miles	919 nm	N
Shizuoka	Mon 5:10 AM	1723 km	1071 miles	930 nm	N
Osaka	Mon 5:10 AM	1749 km	1086 miles	944 nm	NNW
Kobe	Mon 5:10 AM	1760 km	1094 miles	950 nm	NNW
Yokohama	Mon 5:10 AM	1764 km	1096 miles	952 nm	N
Nagoya	Mon 5:10 AM	1768 km	1098 miles	954 nm	N
Kumamoto	Mon 5:10 AM	1768 km	1099 miles	955 nm	NNW