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 Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 00:14:00 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: 27%

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 Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 00:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 35'	South
Longitude:	123° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.07 meters/second, 1501.4 km/hour, 933.0 miles/hour or 810.7 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' 24.1"	15.55 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	north	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 08.6"	932.74 mi	west	0° 02' 36.1"	2.98 mi	north	932.88 mi
24 hours	14° 02' 18.6"	909.19 mi	east	1° 38' 34.8"	113.03 mi	north	920.90 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	Fri 4:14 PM	834 km	518 miles	450 nm	SW
Easter Island *	Fri 7:14 PM	1617 km	1005 miles	873 nm	ESE
Papeete	Fri 2:14 PM	2754 km	1711 miles	1487 nm	W
Rarotonga	Fri 2:14 PM	3759 km	2336 miles	2030 nm	W
Galapagos Islands	Fri 6:14 PM	4288 km	2664 miles	2315 nm	ENE
Kiritimati	Sat 2:14 PM	4441 km	2760 miles	2398 nm	WNW
Alofi	Fri 1:14 PM	4842 km	3009 miles	2615 nm	W
Lima	Fri 7:14 PM	5044 km	3134 miles	2724 nm	E
Apia *	Sat 2:14 PM	5163 km	3208 miles	2788 nm	W
Mexico City *	Fri 7:14 PM	5166 km	3210 miles	2789 nm	NNE