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, December 8, 2012 at 15:58:00 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: 29%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 15:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 12'	South
Longitude:	127° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.42 meters/second, 1596.3 km/hour, 991.9 miles/hour or 861.9 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' 29.0"	16.53 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.53 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 06.5"	991.78 mi	west	0° 11' 32.3"	13.22 mi	south	991.63 mi
24 hours	12° 44' 27.6"	872.37 mi	east	4° 25' 30.8"	304.17 mi	south	918.47 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 7:58 AM	1883 km	1170 miles	1017 nm	S
Papeete	Sat 5:58 AM	2582 km	1604 miles	1394 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Sat 10:58 AM	2851 km	1772 miles	1540 nm	SE
Kiritimati	Sun 5:58 AM	3469 km	2156 miles	1873 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Sat 5:58 AM	3729 km	2317 miles	2013 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Sat 9:58 AM	4304 km	2675 miles	2324 nm	E
Mexico City	Sat 9:58 AM	4379 km	2721 miles	2364 nm	NE
Honolulu	Sat 5:58 AM	4637 km	2881 miles	2504 nm	NW
Alofi	Sat 4:58 AM	4706 km	2924 miles	2541 nm	WSW
Los Angeles	Sat 7:58 AM	4782 km	2972 miles	2582 nm	NNE