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 Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 23:24:00 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: 17%

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 Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 23:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 54'	South
Longitude:	126° 09'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.76 meters/second, 1496.7 km/hour, 930.0 miles/hour or 808.2 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"	15.50 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.50 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 09.7"	929.78 mi	west	0° 01' 01.0"	1.17 mi	south	929.73 mi
24 hours	14° 35' 08.6"	942.68 mi	east	0° 16' 26.6"	18.85 mi	north	943.73 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	Thu 3:24 PM	614 km	382 miles	332 nm	SW
Gambier Islands	Thu 2:24 PM	941 km	585 miles	508 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Thu 6:24 PM	1841 km	1144 miles	994 nm	ESE
Papeete	Thu 1:24 PM	2488 km	1546 miles	1343 nm	W
Rarotonga	Thu 1:24 PM	3488 km	2167 miles	1883 nm	W
Kiritimati	Fri 1:24 PM	4229 km	2628 miles	2284 nm	WNW
Alofi	Thu 12:24 PM	4571 km	2840 miles	2468 nm	W
Apia *	Fri 1:24 PM	4895 km	3042 miles	2643 nm	W
Nukualofa	Fri 12:24 PM	5078 km	3155 miles	2742 nm	W
Lima	Thu 6:24 PM	5315 km	3302 miles	2870 nm	E