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, December 10, 2012 at 17:26:00 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: 10%

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 Monday, December 10, 2012 at 17:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 38'	South
Longitude:	122° 31'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.12 meters/second, 1537.6 km/hour, 955.4 miles/hour or 830.3 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' 24.6"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	south	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 38.7"	955.20 mi	west	0° 08' 13.2"	9.42 mi	south	954.91 mi
24 hours	14° 32' 02.6"	963.37 mi	east	2° 44' 36.4"	188.69 mi	south	974.53 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	Mon 9:26 AM	1222 km	759 miles	660 nm	SW
Easter Island *	Mon 12:26 PM	1785 km	1109 miles	964 nm	SE
Papeete	Mon 7:26 AM	2879 km	1789 miles	1555 nm	W
Rarotonga	Mon 7:26 AM	3949 km	2454 miles	2132 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Mon 11:26 AM	4006 km	2489 miles	2163 nm	ENE
Kiritimati	Tue 7:26 AM	4339 km	2696 miles	2343 nm	WNW
Mexico City	Mon 11:26 AM	4738 km	2944 miles	2559 nm	NNE
Lima	Mon 12:26 PM	4922 km	3058 miles	2657 nm	E
Guatemala	Mon 11:26 AM	4929 km	3063 miles	2662 nm	NE
San Salvador	Mon 11:26 AM	4968 km	3087 miles	2682 nm	NE