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 Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 01:06:00 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: 38%

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 Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 01:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 52'	South
Longitude:	122° 02'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.42 meters/second, 1520.7 km/hour, 944.9 miles/hour or 821.1 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' 25.7"	15.75 mi	west	0° 00' 05.6"	0.11 mi	north	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 53.2"	944.75 mi	west	0° 05' 44.5"	6.58 mi	north	945.04 mi
24 hours	13° 16' 11.7"	868.75 mi	east	2° 46' 23.6"	190.73 mi	north	896.08 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	Sat 5:06 PM	1079 km	671 miles	583 nm	SW
Easter Island *	Sat 8:06 PM	1587 km	986 miles	857 nm	SE
Papeete	Sat 3:06 PM	2913 km	1810 miles	1573 nm	W
Rarotonga	Sat 3:06 PM	3948 km	2453 miles	2132 nm	W
Galapagos Islands	Sat 7:06 PM	4060 km	2523 miles	2192 nm	ENE
Kiritimati	Sun 3:06 PM	4492 km	2791 miles	2425 nm	WNW
Lima	Sat 8:06 PM	4875 km	3029 miles	2632 nm	E
Mexico City *	Sat 8:06 PM	4919 km	3056 miles	2656 nm	NNE
Alofi	Sat 2:06 PM	5026 km	3123 miles	2714 nm	W
Guatemala	Sat 7:06 PM	5063 km	3146 miles	2734 nm	NE