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 Monday, October 15, 2012 at 00:02:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

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 Monday, October 15, 2012 at 00:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 08'	South
Longitude:	167° 54'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.36 meters/second, 1588.9 km/hour, 987.3 miles/hour or 857.9 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' 27.2"	16.45 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.46 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 13.1"	987.17 mi	west	0° 11' 55.7"	13.66 mi	south	986.99 mi
24 hours	346° 34' 17.0"	917.17 mi	west	4° 29' 25.0"	308.66 mi	south	961.34 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
Luganville	Mon 11:02 AM	710 km	441 miles	383 nm	S
Honiara	Mon 11:02 AM	874 km	543 miles	472 nm	W
Port Vila	Mon 11:02 AM	952 km	592 miles	514 nm	S
Yaren	Mon 12:02 PM	958 km	595 miles	517 nm	N
Funafuti	Mon 12:02 PM	1246 km	774 miles	673 nm	E
Tarawa	Mon 12:02 PM	1297 km	806 miles	700 nm	NNE
Suva	Mon 12:02 PM	1511 km	939 miles	816 nm	SE
Majuro	Mon 12:02 PM	1838 km	1142 miles	992 nm	NNE
Baker Island	Sun 12:02 PM	2015 km	1252 miles	1088 nm	ENE
Palikir	Mon 11:02 AM	2078 km	1291 miles	1122 nm	NNW