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 21:38:00 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 21:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 22'	North
Longitude:	177° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.28 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' 57.2"	1002.71 mi	west	0° 12' 27.3"	14.26 mi	south	1002.85 mi
24 hours	347° 46' 55.8"	844.94 mi	west	5° 02' 41.3"	346.65 mi	south	913.09 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
Tarawa	Sat 9:38 AM	517 km	322 miles	279 nm	W
Baker Island	Fri 9:38 AM	666 km	414 miles	360 nm	E
Majuro	Sat 9:38 AM	960 km	597 miles	518 nm	NW
Funafuti	Sat 9:38 AM	1106 km	687 miles	597 nm	S
Yaren	Sat 9:38 AM	1213 km	754 miles	655 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sat 10:38 AM	1711 km	1063 miles	924 nm	SE
Apia *	Sat 11:38 AM	2046 km	1271 miles	1105 nm	SE
Suva	Sat 9:38 AM	2158 km	1341 miles	1165 nm	S
Palikir	Sat 8:38 AM	2248 km	1397 miles	1214 nm	WNW
Honiara	Sat 8:38 AM	2296 km	1427 miles	1240 nm	WSW