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 Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 01:52:00 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: 28%

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 Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 01:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 23'	South
Longitude:	144° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.86 meters/second, 1605.1 km/hour, 997.4 miles/hour or 866.7 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' 30.4"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 26.9"	997.35 mi	west	0° 11' 34.4"	13.26 mi	north	997.63 mi
24 hours	11° 31' 49.0"	792.69 mi	east	4° 39' 44.4"	320.38 mi	north	857.51 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
Taiohae	Mon 4:22 PM	628 km	390 miles	339 nm	ESE
Papeete	Mon 3:52 PM	1349 km	838 miles	728 nm	SSW
Kiritimati	Tue 3:52 PM	1688 km	1049 miles	912 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Mon 3:52 PM	2322 km	1443 miles	1254 nm	SW
Adamstown	Mon 5:52 PM	2578 km	1602 miles	1392 nm	SE
Fakaofo	Tue 2:52 PM	2960 km	1839 miles	1598 nm	W
Alofi	Mon 2:52 PM	3084 km	1917 miles	1665 nm	WSW
Apia *	Tue 3:52 PM	3092 km	1921 miles	1670 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Mon 3:52 PM	3391 km	2107 miles	1831 nm	NNW
Baker Island	Mon 1:52 PM	3621 km	2250 miles	1955 nm	W