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 Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 01:24:00 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 Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 01:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 14'	South
Longitude:	177° 06'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.00 meters/second, 1522.8 km/hour, 946.2 miles/hour or 822.2 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' 23.8"	15.77 mi	west	0° 00' 06.7"	0.13 mi	north	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 54.4"	946.06 mi	west	0° 06' 49.0"	7.82 mi	north	946.40 mi
24 hours	14° 00' 36.6"	920.56 mi	east	3° 13' 46.8"	222.10 mi	north	954.76 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
Neiafu	Sat 2:24 PM	332 km	206 miles	179 nm	E
Pangai	Sat 2:24 PM	337 km	210 miles	182 nm	ESE
Nukualofa	Sat 2:24 PM	377 km	234 miles	204 nm	SSE
Suva *	Sat 2:24 PM	474 km	294 miles	256 nm	W
Mata-Utu	Sat 1:24 PM	555 km	345 miles	300 nm	N
Lautoka *	Sat 2:24 PM	582 km	361 miles	314 nm	W
Nadi *	Sat 2:24 PM	583 km	362 miles	315 nm	W
Apia *	Sat 3:24 PM	750 km	466 miles	405 nm	NE
Alofi	Fri 2:24 PM	763 km	474 miles	412 nm	E
Pago Pago	Fri 2:24 PM	813 km	505 miles	439 nm	ENE