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 Monday, December 24, 2012 at 10:50:00 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: 87%

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 Monday, December 24, 2012 at 10:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 14'	North
Longitude:	151° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.89 meters/second, 1536.8 km/hour, 954.9 miles/hour or 829.8 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' 31.7"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 05.3"	0.10 mi	north	15.92 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 47.3"	954.70 mi	west	0° 05' 19.3"	6.10 mi	north	954.47 mi
24 hours	11° 24' 03.2"	749.18 mi	east	1° 44' 12.2"	119.46 mi	north	754.84 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
Saipan	Mon 8:50 PM	676 km	420 miles	365 nm	WSW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 8:50 PM	873 km	542 miles	471 nm	SW
Palikir	Mon 9:50 PM	1460 km	907 miles	788 nm	SSE
Wake Island	Mon 10:50 PM	1627 km	1011 miles	878 nm	E
Melekeok	Mon 7:50 PM	2158 km	1341 miles	1165 nm	WSW
Yokohama	Mon 7:50 PM	2225 km	1382 miles	1201 nm	NNW
Tokyo	Mon 7:50 PM	2245 km	1395 miles	1212 nm	NNW
Nagoya	Mon 7:50 PM	2351 km	1461 miles	1269 nm	NW
Osaka	Mon 7:50 PM	2398 km	1490 miles	1295 nm	NW
Kyoto	Mon 7:50 PM	2409 km	1497 miles	1301 nm	NW