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 Friday, December 14, 2012 at 23:20:00 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: 4%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 14, 2012 at 23:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 28'	South
Longitude:	147° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.35 meters/second, 1520.5 km/hour, 944.8 miles/hour or 821.0 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' 23.6"	15.75 mi	west	0° 00' 06.4"	0.12 mi	north	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 43.8"	944.61 mi	west	0° 06' 33.7"	7.52 mi	north	944.94 mi
24 hours	14° 05' 16.2"	924.44 mi	east	3° 08' 34.2"	216.14 mi	north	957.11 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
Papeete	Fri 1:20 PM	257 km	160 miles	139 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Fri 1:20 PM	1337 km	831 miles	722 nm	WSW
Adamstown	Fri 3:20 PM	1925 km	1196 miles	1039 nm	ESE
Alofi	Fri 12:20 PM	2379 km	1479 miles	1285 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sat 1:20 PM	2501 km	1554 miles	1350 nm	NNW
Apia *	Sat 1:20 PM	2660 km	1653 miles	1436 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sat 12:20 PM	2767 km	1719 miles	1494 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sat 12:20 PM	2930 km	1821 miles	1582 nm	W
Suva *	Sat 12:20 PM	3614 km	2245 miles	1951 nm	W
Funafuti	Sat 11:20 AM	3776 km	2346 miles	2039 nm	WNW