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 Friday, December 21, 2012 at 06:36:00 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: 61%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 21, 2012 at 06:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 02'	North
Longitude:	179° 60'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.62 meters/second, 1604.2 km/hour, 996.8 miles/hour or 866.2 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' 33.1"	16.61 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.20 mi	north	16.61 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 06.6"	996.78 mi	west	0° 10' 11.7"	11.68 mi	north	996.64 mi
24 hours	349° 13' 39.7"	737.90 mi	west	3° 51' 18.6"	264.98 mi	north	780.22 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
Baker Island	Thu 6:36 PM	951 km	591 miles	513 nm	SSE
Majuro	Fri 6:36 PM	975 km	606 miles	526 nm	W
Tarawa	Fri 6:36 PM	1066 km	662 miles	575 nm	SW
Yaren	Fri 6:36 PM	1733 km	1077 miles	936 nm	WSW
Funafuti	Fri 6:36 PM	1832 km	1138 miles	989 nm	S
Wake Island	Fri 6:36 PM	1904 km	1183 miles	1028 nm	NW
Fakaofo	Fri 7:36 PM	2156 km	1340 miles	1164 nm	SSE
Midway	Thu 7:36 PM	2251 km	1399 miles	1216 nm	N
Palikir	Fri 5:36 PM	2412 km	1499 miles	1302 nm	W
Apia *	Fri 8:36 PM	2583 km	1605 miles	1395 nm	SSE