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 Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 20:34:00 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: 35%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 20:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 27'	North
Longitude:	158° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.82 meters/second, 1565.4 km/hour, 972.7 miles/hour or 845.2 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' 31.1"	16.21 mi	west	0° 00' 08.4"	0.16 mi	south	16.21 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 04.2"	972.52 mi	west	0° 08' 25.9"	9.66 mi	south	972.88 mi
24 hours	11° 34' 27.5"	775.39 mi	east	3° 43' 02.7"	255.55 mi	south	822.02 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
Palikir	Wed 7:34 AM	834 km	518 miles	450 nm	S
Wake Island	Wed 8:34 AM	1060 km	659 miles	572 nm	ENE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Wed 6:34 AM	1441 km	895 miles	778 nm	W
Majuro	Wed 8:34 AM	1648 km	1024 miles	890 nm	ESE
Yaren	Wed 8:34 AM	1924 km	1195 miles	1039 nm	SSE
Tarawa	Wed 8:34 AM	2187 km	1359 miles	1181 nm	SE
Honiara	Wed 7:34 AM	2650 km	1647 miles	1431 nm	S
Melekeok	Wed 5:34 AM	2671 km	1660 miles	1442 nm	WSW
Port Moresby	Wed 6:34 AM	2903 km	1804 miles	1568 nm	SSW
Midway	Tue 9:34 AM	2960 km	1839 miles	1598 nm	NE