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 02:24:00 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: 28%

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 02:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 30'	South
Longitude:	154° 46'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.39 meters/second, 1502.6 km/hour, 933.7 miles/hour or 811.3 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' 16.3"	933.47 mi	west	0° 02' 54.0"	3.32 mi	north	933.62 mi
24 hours	13° 58' 39.5"	905.82 mi	east	1° 45' 08.3"	120.54 mi	north	918.78 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
Rarotonga	Fri 4:24 PM	527 km	327 miles	285 nm	W
Papeete	Fri 4:24 PM	639 km	397 miles	345 nm	ENE
Alofi	Fri 3:24 PM	1594 km	991 miles	861 nm	W
Apia *	Sat 4:24 PM	1951 km	1212 miles	1053 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sat 3:24 PM	2126 km	1321 miles	1148 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sat 3:24 PM	2153 km	1338 miles	1163 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Sat 4:24 PM	2489 km	1547 miles	1344 nm	N
Adamstown	Fri 6:24 PM	2580 km	1603 miles	1393 nm	ESE
Suva	Sat 2:24 PM	2825 km	1756 miles	1526 nm	W
Funafuti	Sat 2:24 PM	3094 km	1923 miles	1671 nm	WNW