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 23:24:00 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 23:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 27'	South
Longitude:	148° 18'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.37 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' 44.0"	944.66 mi	west	0° 06' 34.2"	7.53 mi	north	944.99 mi
24 hours	14° 05' 07.2"	924.31 mi	east	3° 08' 44.3"	216.33 mi	north	957.04 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 1:24 PM	168 km	105 miles	91 nm	NW
Rarotonga	Fri 1:24 PM	1240 km	771 miles	670 nm	WSW
Adamstown	Fri 3:24 PM	2017 km	1254 miles	1089 nm	ESE
Alofi	Fri 12:24 PM	2279 km	1416 miles	1230 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sat 1:24 PM	2456 km	1526 miles	1326 nm	NNW
Apia *	Sat 1:24 PM	2559 km	1590 miles	1382 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sat 12:24 PM	2671 km	1660 miles	1442 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sat 12:24 PM	2830 km	1759 miles	1528 nm	W
Suva *	Sat 12:24 PM	3513 km	2183 miles	1897 nm	W
Funafuti	Sat 11:24 AM	3677 km	2285 miles	1985 nm	WNW