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 21:00:00 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: 54%
Position of the Moon
On Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 21:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 19° 30' | North |
| Longitude: | 128° 31' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.20 meters/second, 1523.5 km/hour, 946.7 miles/hour or 822.6 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" | 15.78 mi | west | 0° 00' 04.2" | 0.08 mi | south | 15.78 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 47.7" | 946.45 mi | west | 0° 04' 15.4" | 4.88 mi | south | 946.67 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 39' 05.3" | 759.91 mi | east | 2° 07' 45.8" | 146.46 mi | south | 778.60 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 |
|---|
| Baguio City | Mon 5:00 AM | 906 km | 563 miles | 489 nm | WSW |
| Kaohsiung | Mon 5:00 AM | 925 km | 575 miles | 499 nm | WNW |
| Taipei | Mon 5:00 AM | 948 km | 589 miles | 512 nm | NW |
| Quezon | Mon 5:00 AM | 955 km | 593 miles | 516 nm | WSW |
| Manila | Mon 5:00 AM | 965 km | 600 miles | 521 nm | WSW |
| Makati | Mon 5:00 AM | 968 km | 601 miles | 522 nm | WSW |
| Foochow | Mon 5:00 AM | 1187 km | 738 miles | 641 nm | NW |
| Xiamen | Mon 5:00 AM | 1209 km | 752 miles | 653 nm | WNW |
| Shantou | Mon 5:00 AM | 1299 km | 807 miles | 702 nm | WNW |
| Kagoshima | Mon 6:00 AM | 1354 km | 842 miles | 731 nm | N |
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