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 Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 03:32:00 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: 61%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Monday, October 22, 2012 at 3:32 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7:50 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 03:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 06'	South
Longitude:	131° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.43 meters/second, 1578.4 km/hour, 980.7 miles/hour or 852.2 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' 29.8"	16.35 mi	west	0° 00' 09.8"	0.19 mi	north	16.35 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 55.0"	980.67 mi	west	0° 09' 55.0"	11.36 mi	north	981.04 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 47.4"	793.43 mi	east	4° 10' 22.2"	286.82 mi	north	848.82 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	Mon 6:02 PM	935 km	581 miles	505 nm	WNW
Adamstown	Mon 7:32 PM	1443 km	896 miles	779 nm	S
Papeete	Mon 5:32 PM	2028 km	1260 miles	1095 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Mon 10:32 PM	2852 km	1772 miles	1540 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Mon 5:32 PM	3169 km	1969 miles	1711 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Tue 5:32 PM	3243 km	2015 miles	1751 nm	WNW
Alofi	Mon 4:32 PM	4177 km	2596 miles	2255 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Tue 4:32 PM	4347 km	2701 miles	2347 nm	W
Apia *	Tue 5:32 PM	4363 km	2711 miles	2356 nm	W
Honolulu	Mon 5:32 PM	4683 km	2910 miles	2529 nm	NW