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 16, 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	New Moon	Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, October 22, 2012 at 3:32 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 00:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 38'	South
Longitude:	178° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.66 meters/second, 1561.2 km/hour, 970.1 miles/hour or 843.0 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' 25.5"	16.17 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.20 mi	south	16.17 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 34.0"	969.88 mi	west	0° 10' 17.8"	11.80 mi	south	969.60 mi
24 hours	14° 04' 12.7"	945.96 mi	east	3° 39' 37.7"	251.70 mi	south	971.15 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
Mata-Utu	Tue 12:02 PM	273 km	170 miles	147 nm	E
Suva	Tue 12:02 PM	588 km	365 miles	318 nm	SSW
Lautoka	Tue 12:02 PM	606 km	376 miles	327 nm	SW
Funafuti	Tue 12:02 PM	611 km	380 miles	330 nm	NNW
Nadi	Tue 12:02 PM	624 km	388 miles	337 nm	SW
Apia *	Tue 2:02 PM	746 km	463 miles	403 nm	E
Pago Pago	Mon 1:02 PM	863 km	537 miles	466 nm	E
Nukualofa	Tue 1:02 PM	907 km	563 miles	490 nm	SSE
Fakaofo	Tue 1:02 PM	938 km	583 miles	506 nm	ENE
Alofi	Mon 1:02 PM	1110 km	690 miles	599 nm	SE