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 Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 01:06:00 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 Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 01:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 03'	South
Longitude:	158° 45'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.17 meters/second, 1552.2 km/hour, 964.5 miles/hour or 838.1 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' 26.1"	16.08 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.08 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 08.9"	964.38 mi	west	0° 09' 15.3"	10.61 mi	north	964.79 mi
24 hours	13° 05' 37.6"	874.76 mi	east	4° 01' 51.0"	277.11 mi	north	924.76 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
Rarotonga	Sat 3:06 PM	692 km	430 miles	374 nm	S
Papeete	Sat 3:06 PM	1019 km	633 miles	550 nm	ESE
Alofi	Sat 2:06 PM	1267 km	788 miles	684 nm	WSW
Apia *	Sun 3:06 PM	1410 km	876 miles	761 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sun 2:06 PM	1496 km	929 miles	808 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sun 2:06 PM	1864 km	1158 miles	1007 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Sun 3:06 PM	1878 km	1167 miles	1014 nm	N
Suva *	Sun 2:06 PM	2457 km	1527 miles	1327 nm	W
Funafuti	Sun 1:06 PM	2505 km	1557 miles	1353 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Sat 1:06 PM	2578 km	1602 miles	1392 nm	NW