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 Friday, October 12, 2012 at 21:28:00 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: 9%

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 Friday, October 12, 2012 at 21:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 24'	North
Longitude:	179° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.27 meters/second, 1613.8 km/hour, 1002.8 miles/hour or 871.4 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' 29.9"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 12.3"	0.24 mi	south	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 57.7"	1002.70 mi	west	0° 12' 27.0"	14.26 mi	south	1002.85 mi
24 hours	12° 12' 53.2"	844.71 mi	east	5° 02' 39.2"	346.61 mi	south	912.89 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
Baker Island	Fri 9:28 AM	407 km	253 miles	220 nm	ESE
Tarawa	Sat 9:28 AM	786 km	489 miles	425 nm	W
Funafuti	Sat 9:28 AM	1100 km	684 miles	594 nm	S
Majuro	Sat 9:28 AM	1172 km	728 miles	633 nm	WNW
Yaren	Sat 9:28 AM	1479 km	919 miles	799 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sat 10:28 AM	1532 km	952 miles	827 nm	SE
Apia *	Sat 11:28 AM	1910 km	1187 miles	1031 nm	SSE
Suva	Sat 9:28 AM	2168 km	1347 miles	1170 nm	S
Wake Island	Sat 9:28 AM	2461 km	1529 miles	1329 nm	NW
Port Vila	Sat 8:28 AM	2477 km	1539 miles	1338 nm	SSW