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 Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 22:08:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

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 Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 22:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 53'	South
Longitude:	160° 19'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.02 meters/second, 1494.1 km/hour, 928.4 miles/hour or 806.7 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' 21.6"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 34.4"	928.13 mi	west	0° 00' 49.2"	0.94 mi	south	928.09 mi
24 hours	15° 19' 34.4"	990.57 mi	east	0° 24' 50.0"	28.48 mi	north	992.33 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
Rarotonga	Wed 12:08 PM	67 km	42 miles	36 nm	SE
Alofi	Wed 11:08 AM	1026 km	637 miles	554 nm	W
Papeete	Wed 12:08 PM	1189 km	739 miles	642 nm	ENE
Apia *	Thu 12:08 PM	1446 km	898 miles	781 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Thu 11:08 AM	1548 km	962 miles	836 nm	W
Fakaofo	Thu 11:08 AM	1732 km	1076 miles	935 nm	NW
Suva *	Thu 11:08 AM	2251 km	1399 miles	1216 nm	W
Kiritimati	Thu 12:08 PM	2538 km	1577 miles	1370 nm	N
Funafuti	Thu 10:08 AM	2590 km	1610 miles	1399 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Wed 10:08 AM	2922 km	1815 miles	1578 nm	NW