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 Monday, October 22, 2012 at 03:22:00 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: 50%

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 Monday, October 22, 2012 at 03:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 47'	South
Longitude:	141° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.60 meters/second, 1550.2 km/hour, 963.2 miles/hour or 837.0 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' 27.9"	16.05 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	north	16.06 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 02.7"	963.11 mi	west	0° 08' 17.7"	9.51 mi	north	963.48 mi
24 hours	12° 24' 59.8"	826.63 mi	east	3° 38' 58.2"	250.91 mi	north	870.41 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
Taiohae	Sun 5:52 PM	783 km	486 miles	423 nm	NNE
Papeete	Sun 5:22 PM	876 km	545 miles	473 nm	WSW
Adamstown	Sun 7:22 PM	1575 km	978 miles	850 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Sun 5:22 PM	2015 km	1252 miles	1088 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Mon 5:22 PM	2613 km	1623 miles	1411 nm	NW
Alofi	Sun 4:22 PM	3032 km	1884 miles	1637 nm	W
Apia *	Mon 5:22 PM	3257 km	2024 miles	1759 nm	W
Fakaofo	Mon 4:22 PM	3299 km	2050 miles	1781 nm	W
Easter Island *	Sun 10:22 PM	3554 km	2208 miles	1919 nm	ESE
Nukualofa	Mon 4:22 PM	3596 km	2234 miles	1942 nm	WSW