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 01:14:00 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 01:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 33'	South
Longitude:	137° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.21 meters/second, 1502.0 km/hour, 933.3 miles/hour or 811.0 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"	15.56 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	north	15.56 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 12.2"	933.07 mi	west	0° 02' 44.4"	3.14 mi	north	933.21 mi
24 hours	14° 00' 38.3"	907.64 mi	east	1° 41' 37.2"	116.51 mi	north	919.92 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	Fri 4:14 PM	424 km	263 miles	229 nm	SE
Adamstown	Fri 5:14 PM	950 km	590 miles	513 nm	ESE
Papeete	Fri 3:14 PM	1265 km	786 miles	683 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Fri 3:14 PM	2268 km	1409 miles	1225 nm	W
Easter Island *	Fri 8:14 PM	2999 km	1864 miles	1619 nm	ESE
Kiritimati	Sat 3:14 PM	3257 km	2024 miles	1759 nm	NW
Alofi	Fri 2:14 PM	3346 km	2079 miles	1807 nm	W
Apia *	Sat 3:14 PM	3664 km	2277 miles	1979 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sat 2:14 PM	3776 km	2346 miles	2039 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sat 2:14 PM	3866 km	2402 miles	2088 nm	W