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 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: 10%

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

Latitude:	15° 19'	South
Longitude:	134° 13'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.56 meters/second, 1550.0 km/hour, 963.1 miles/hour or 836.9 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' 25.9"	16.05 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	north	16.05 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 58.9"	963.02 mi	west	0° 09' 06.5"	10.44 mi	north	963.42 mi
24 hours	13° 09' 32.6"	878.04 mi	east	3° 59' 06.6"	273.98 mi	north	927.05 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
Gambier Islands	Sat 2:24 PM	869 km	540 miles	469 nm	S
Taiohae	Sat 1:54 PM	904 km	562 miles	488 nm	NW
Adamstown	Sat 3:24 PM	1162 km	722 miles	627 nm	SSE
Papeete	Sat 1:24 PM	1657 km	1030 miles	895 nm	W
Rarotonga	Sat 1:24 PM	2777 km	1726 miles	1500 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Sat 6:24 PM	2886 km	1793 miles	1558 nm	ESE
Kiritimati	Sun 1:24 PM	3176 km	1974 miles	1715 nm	NW
Alofi	Sat 12:24 PM	3814 km	2370 miles	2059 nm	WSW
Apia *	Sun 1:24 PM	4045 km	2514 miles	2184 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sun 12:24 PM	4074 km	2531 miles	2200 nm	W