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 28, 2012 at 09:18:00 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: 98%

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 Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 09:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 30'	North
Longitude:	160° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.44 meters/second, 1592.8 km/hour, 989.7 miles/hour or 860.0 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' 32.9"	16.50 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.50 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 58.2"	989.62 mi	west	0° 09' 31.0"	10.90 mi	north	989.42 mi
24 hours	10° 53' 57.1"	741.36 mi	east	3° 33' 04.4"	244.13 mi	north	776.03 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
Kiritimati	Sun 11:18 PM	1006 km	625 miles	543 nm	SSE
Honolulu	Sat 11:18 PM	1222 km	759 miles	660 nm	NNE
Baker Island	Sat 9:18 PM	2133 km	1325 miles	1152 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Sun 10:18 PM	2515 km	1563 miles	1358 nm	SSW
Midway	Sat 10:18 PM	2657 km	1651 miles	1435 nm	NW
Apia *	Sun 11:18 PM	2980 km	1852 miles	1609 nm	SSW
Funafuti	Sun 9:18 PM	3103 km	1928 miles	1676 nm	SW
Tarawa	Sun 9:18 PM	3130 km	1945 miles	1690 nm	WSW
Majuro	Sun 9:18 PM	3168 km	1968 miles	1710 nm	W
Papeete	Sat 11:18 PM	3314 km	2059 miles	1789 nm	SSE