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 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 22:08:00 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: 8%

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 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 22:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 38'	South
Longitude:	122° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.17 meters/second, 1509.0 km/hour, 937.7 miles/hour or 814.8 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' 23.2"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 04.9"	0.09 mi	south	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 12.9"	937.41 mi	west	0° 04' 47.2"	5.49 mi	south	937.20 mi
24 hours	14° 45' 40.2"	961.78 mi	east	1° 14' 03.2"	84.91 mi	south	961.76 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
Adamstown	Wed 2:08 PM	971 km	603 miles	524 nm	SW
Easter Island *	Wed 5:08 PM	1594 km	990 miles	861 nm	SE
Papeete	Wed 12:08 PM	2843 km	1767 miles	1535 nm	W
Rarotonga	Wed 12:08 PM	3865 km	2402 miles	2087 nm	W
Galapagos Islands	Wed 4:08 PM	4159 km	2584 miles	2246 nm	ENE
Kiritimati	Thu 12:08 PM	4470 km	2778 miles	2414 nm	WNW
Alofi	Wed 11:08 AM	4946 km	3073 miles	2671 nm	W
Lima	Wed 5:08 PM	4947 km	3074 miles	2671 nm	E
Mexico City *	Wed 5:08 PM	5028 km	3124 miles	2715 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Wed 4:08 PM	5173 km	3214 miles	2793 nm	NE