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 Friday, October 19, 2012 at 00:24:00 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 Friday, October 19, 2012 at 00:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 55'	South
Longitude:	140° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.72 meters/second, 1496.6 km/hour, 929.9 miles/hour or 808.1 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' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	15.50 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 10.8"	929.70 mi	west	0° 00' 52.0"	0.99 mi	south	929.66 mi
24 hours	14° 34' 12.6"	941.57 mi	east	0° 19' 56.9"	22.87 mi	north	942.88 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
Gambier Islands	Thu 3:24 PM	627 km	390 miles	339 nm	ESE
Papeete	Thu 2:24 PM	1020 km	634 miles	551 nm	WNW
Adamstown	Thu 4:24 PM	1164 km	723 miles	629 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Thu 2:24 PM	1998 km	1242 miles	1079 nm	W
Alofi	Thu 1:24 PM	3077 km	1912 miles	1662 nm	W
Kiritimati	Fri 2:24 PM	3115 km	1935 miles	1682 nm	NW
Easter Island *	Thu 7:24 PM	3239 km	2013 miles	1749 nm	ESE
Apia *	Fri 2:24 PM	3404 km	2115 miles	1838 nm	W
Fakaofo	Fri 1:24 PM	3529 km	2193 miles	1905 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Fri 1:24 PM	3596 km	2234 miles	1942 nm	W