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 28, 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: 100%

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 28, 2012 at 09:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 52'	North
Longitude:	145° 52'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.27 meters/second, 1520.2 km/hour, 944.6 miles/hour or 820.8 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' 30.8"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 03.4"	0.07 mi	south	15.74 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 49.5"	944.37 mi	west	0° 03' 33.6"	4.08 mi	south	944.55 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 44.5"	754.58 mi	east	1° 50' 38.10"	126.85 mi	south	769.34 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	Thu 11:42 PM	1261 km	783 miles	681 nm	W
Kiritimati	Fri 11:42 PM	2350 km	1460 miles	1269 nm	SSW
San Francisco	Fri 1:42 AM	3012 km	1871 miles	1626 nm	NE
Los Angeles	Fri 1:42 AM	3144 km	1954 miles	1698 nm	NE
Midway	Thu 10:42 PM	3326 km	2066 miles	1796 nm	WNW
Las Vegas	Fri 1:42 AM	3494 km	2171 miles	1886 nm	NE
Phoenix	Fri 2:42 AM	3663 km	2276 miles	1978 nm	ENE
Hermosillo	Fri 2:42 AM	3666 km	2278 miles	1980 nm	ENE
Seattle	Fri 1:42 AM	3740 km	2324 miles	2019 nm	NNE
Vancouver	Fri 1:42 AM	3841 km	2387 miles	2074 nm	NNE