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 21:10:00 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: 54%

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 21:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 29'	North
Longitude:	126° 06'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.23 meters/second, 1523.6 km/hour, 946.7 miles/hour or 822.7 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"	15.78 mi	west	0° 00' 04.2"	0.08 mi	south	15.78 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 47.9"	946.52 mi	west	0° 04' 16.3"	4.90 mi	south	946.74 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 03.6"	759.93 mi	east	2° 08' 07.9"	146.88 mi	south	778.72 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 5:10 AM	675 km	419 miles	364 nm	WSW
Kaohsiung	Mon 5:10 AM	707 km	439 miles	381 nm	NW
Quezon	Mon 5:10 AM	754 km	468 miles	407 nm	SW
Manila	Mon 5:10 AM	765 km	475 miles	413 nm	SW
Makati	Mon 5:10 AM	768 km	477 miles	415 nm	SW
Taipei	Mon 5:10 AM	777 km	483 miles	420 nm	NW
Xiamen	Mon 5:10 AM	994 km	618 miles	537 nm	NW
Foochow	Mon 5:10 AM	1002 km	623 miles	541 nm	NW
Shantou	Mon 5:10 AM	1066 km	663 miles	576 nm	WNW
Kowloon	Mon 5:10 AM	1272 km	790 miles	687 nm	WNW