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 20:26:00 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: 9%
Position of the Moon
On Monday, December 10, 2012 at 20:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 17° 02' | South |
| Longitude: | 165° 44' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.08 meters/second, 1533.9 km/hour, 953.1 miles/hour or 828.2 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' 24.3" | 15.89 mi | west | 0° 00' 07.9" | 0.15 mi | south | 15.89 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 24' 22.5" | 952.86 mi | west | 0° 07' 53.6" | 9.05 mi | south | 952.57 mi |
| 24 hours | 14° 37' 48.0" | 967.65 mi | east | 2° 35' 33.0" | 178.32 mi | south | 977.01 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 |
|---|
| Alofi | Mon 9:26 AM | 495 km | 308 miles | 267 nm |  WSW |
| Pago Pago | Mon 9:26 AM | 614 km | 382 miles | 332 nm |  WNW |
| Apia * | Tue 10:26 AM | 738 km | 459 miles | 399 nm | WNW |
| Rarotonga | Mon 10:26 AM | 780 km | 485 miles | 421 nm |  SE |
| Neiafu | Tue 9:26 AM | 892 km | 554 miles | 481 nm | WSW |
| Pangai | Tue 9:26 AM | 960 km | 596 miles | 518 nm | WSW |
| Fakaofo | Tue 9:26 AM | 1037 km | 644 miles | 560 nm |  NW |
| Nukualofa | Tue 9:26 AM | 1093 km | 679 miles | 590 nm | WSW |
| Suva * | Tue 9:26 AM | 1685 km | 1047 miles | 910 nm |  W |
| Papeete | Mon 10:26 AM | 1720 km | 1069 miles | 929 nm |  E |
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