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 Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 09:42:00 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: 99%

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 Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 09:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 48'	North
Longitude:	157° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.63 meters/second, 1510.7 km/hour, 938.7 miles/hour or 815.7 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' 30.6"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 01.1"	0.02 mi	south	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 39.4"	938.43 mi	west	0° 01' 15.1"	1.44 mi	south	938.49 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 50.9"	757.65 mi	east	0° 56' 47.3"	65.11 mi	south	762.76 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
Honolulu	Wed 11:42 PM	63 km	39 miles	34 nm	NNW
Napili-Honokowai	Wed 11:42 PM	95 km	59 miles	51 nm	ENE
Wailuku	Wed 11:42 PM	112 km	70 miles	60 nm	E
Kailua-Kona	Wed 11:42 PM	209 km	130 miles	113 nm	SE
Lihue	Wed 11:42 PM	226 km	141 miles	122 nm	NW
Hilo	Wed 11:42 PM	287 km	179 miles	155 nm	ESE
Kiritimati	Thu 11:42 PM	2095 km	1302 miles	1131 nm	S
Midway	Wed 10:42 PM	2164 km	1345 miles	1169 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Wed 9:42 PM	3071 km	1908 miles	1658 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Thu 10:42 PM	3657 km	2272 miles	1975 nm	SSW