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 02:34:00 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: 29%

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 02:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 15'	South
Longitude:	154° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.00 meters/second, 1605.6 km/hour, 997.7 miles/hour or 867.0 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' 30.4"	16.63 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 29.8"	997.67 mi	west	0° 11' 35.0"	13.27 mi	north	997.94 mi
24 hours	11° 30' 49.3"	791.75 mi	east	4° 39' 47.5"	320.44 mi	north	856.59 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
Kiritimati	Tue 4:34 PM	944 km	586 miles	509 nm	NNW
Papeete	Mon 4:34 PM	1368 km	850 miles	739 nm	SSE
Rarotonga	Mon 4:34 PM	1746 km	1085 miles	943 nm	SSW
Fakaofo	Tue 3:34 PM	1855 km	1153 miles	1002 nm	WSW
Apia *	Tue 4:34 PM	2049 km	1273 miles	1106 nm	WSW
Alofi	Mon 3:34 PM	2173 km	1351 miles	1174 nm	SW
Baker Island	Mon 2:34 PM	2522 km	1567 miles	1362 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Tue 3:34 PM	2756 km	1712 miles	1488 nm	SW
Funafuti	Tue 2:34 PM	2890 km	1795 miles	1560 nm	W
Honolulu	Mon 4:34 PM	3068 km	1906 miles	1656 nm	N