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 23, 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: 78%

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 Sunday, December 23, 2012 at 06:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 12'	North
Longitude:	158° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.07 meters/second, 1562.6 km/hour, 971.0 miles/hour or 843.8 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' 32.4"	16.18 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.14 mi	north	16.18 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 30.6"	970.82 mi	west	0° 07' 27.7"	8.55 mi	north	970.57 mi
24 hours	11° 06' 33.5"	741.72 mi	east	2° 38' 58.6"	182.21 mi	north	758.99 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
Hilo	Sat 8:36 PM	607 km	377 miles	328 nm	NE
Wailuku	Sat 8:36 PM	659 km	410 miles	356 nm	NNE
Honolulu	Sat 8:36 PM	679 km	422 miles	367 nm	N
Kiritimati	Sun 8:36 PM	1478 km	919 miles	798 nm	S
Midway	Sat 7:36 PM	2434 km	1513 miles	1314 nm	NW
Baker Island	Sat 6:36 PM	2594 km	1612 miles	1401 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Sun 7:36 PM	3066 km	1905 miles	1656 nm	SSW
Majuro	Sun 6:36 PM	3439 km	2137 miles	1857 nm	WSW
Tarawa	Sun 6:36 PM	3498 km	2173 miles	1889 nm	WSW
Apia *	Sun 8:36 PM	3535 km	2196 miles	1909 nm	SSW