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 23:34:00 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: 26%

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 23:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 37'	South
Longitude:	113° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.97 meters/second, 1501.1 km/hour, 932.7 miles/hour or 810.5 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' 24.1"	15.55 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.05 mi	north	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 06.4"	932.53 mi	west	0° 02' 30.6"	2.88 mi	north	932.66 mi
24 hours	14° 03' 24.8"	910.21 mi	east	1° 36' 32.3"	110.69 mi	north	921.55 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
Easter Island *	Fri 6:34 PM	858 km	533 miles	463 nm	SSE
Adamstown	Fri 3:34 PM	1726 km	1073 miles	932 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Fri 5:34 PM	3432 km	2133 miles	1853 nm	NE
Papeete	Fri 1:34 PM	3755 km	2333 miles	2027 nm	W
Lima	Fri 6:34 PM	4048 km	2516 miles	2186 nm	E
Quito	Fri 6:34 PM	4469 km	2777 miles	2413 nm	ENE
Santiago *	Fri 8:34 PM	4489 km	2789 miles	2424 nm	ESE
San Salvador	Fri 5:34 PM	4664 km	2898 miles	2518 nm	NE
Guatemala	Fri 5:34 PM	4664 km	2898 miles	2518 nm	NE
San Jose	Fri 5:34 PM	4703 km	2922 miles	2540 nm	NE