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 18:36:00 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%
Position of the Moon
On Monday, December 10, 2012 at 18:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 16° 48' | South |
| Longitude: | 139° 19' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.71 meters/second, 1536.2 km/hour, 954.5 miles/hour or 829.5 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' 24.5" | 15.91 mi | west | 0° 00' 08.0" | 0.16 mi | south | 15.91 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 24' 32.4" | 954.29 mi | west | 0° 08' 05.6" | 9.28 mi | south | 953.99 mi |
| 24 hours | 14° 34' 18.4" | 965.07 mi | east | 2° 41' 07.3" | 184.70 mi | south | 975.51 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 |
|---|
| Gambier Islands | Mon 9:36 AM | 838 km | 520 miles | 452 nm |  SSE |
| Taiohae | Mon 9:06 AM | 863 km | 536 miles | 466 nm |  N |
| Papeete | Mon 8:36 AM | 1093 km | 679 miles | 590 nm |  W |
| Adamstown | Mon 10:36 AM | 1325 km | 823 miles | 716 nm |  SE |
| Rarotonga | Mon 8:36 AM | 2207 km | 1371 miles | 1192 nm |  WSW |
| Kiritimati | Tue 8:36 AM | 2859 km | 1777 miles | 1544 nm |  NW |
| Alofi | Mon 7:36 AM | 3247 km | 2018 miles | 1753 nm | W |
| Easter Island * | Mon 1:36 PM | 3290 km | 2045 miles | 1777 nm |  ESE |
| Apia * | Tue 8:36 AM | 3496 km | 2172 miles | 1888 nm | W |
| Fakaofo | Tue 7:36 AM | 3552 km | 2207 miles | 1918 nm | W |
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