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 00:26:00 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 00:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 42'	South
Longitude:	175° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.52 meters/second, 1560.7 km/hour, 969.8 miles/hour or 842.7 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' 25.6"	16.16 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	south	16.16 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 32.3"	969.56 mi	west	0° 10' 15.6"	11.76 mi	south	969.28 mi
24 hours	345° 55' 11.4"	946.35 mi	west	3° 38' 37.1"	250.55 mi	south	971.23 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
Lautoka	Tue 12:26 PM	478 km	297 miles	258 nm	SSE
Nadi	Tue 12:26 PM	496 km	308 miles	268 nm	SSE
Suva	Tue 12:26 PM	579 km	360 miles	313 nm	SSE
Funafuti	Tue 12:26 PM	698 km	434 miles	377 nm	NE
Port Vila	Tue 11:26 AM	896 km	557 miles	484 nm	WSW
Nukualofa	Tue 1:26 PM	1280 km	795 miles	691 nm	SE
Noumea	Tue 11:26 AM	1353 km	840 miles	730 nm	SW
Apia *	Tue 2:26 PM	1369 km	851 miles	739 nm	E
Fakaofo	Tue 1:26 PM	1517 km	943 miles	819 nm	ENE
Alofi	Mon 1:26 PM	1659 km	1031 miles	896 nm	ESE