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 Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 10:20:00 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	Full Moon	Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 3:58 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 10:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 57'	North
Longitude:	143° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.29 meters/second, 1538.3 km/hour, 955.8 miles/hour or 830.6 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' 31.1"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 05.6"	0.11 mi	south	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 15.3"	955.64 mi	west	0° 05' 46.2"	6.61 mi	south	955.92 mi
24 hours	11° 23' 46.4"	750.07 mi	east	2° 40' 53.1"	184.40 mi	south	777.63 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	Sat 12:20 AM	1554 km	966 miles	839 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Sun 12:20 AM	2338 km	1453 miles	1262 nm	SW
San Francisco	Sat 2:20 AM	3003 km	1866 miles	1622 nm	NE
Los Angeles	Sat 2:20 AM	3075 km	1911 miles	1660 nm	NE
Las Vegas	Sat 2:20 AM	3433 km	2133 miles	1854 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Sat 3:20 AM	3525 km	2190 miles	1903 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Sat 3:20 AM	3566 km	2216 miles	1926 nm	NE
Midway	Fri 11:20 PM	3641 km	2263 miles	1966 nm	WNW
Seattle	Sat 2:20 AM	3811 km	2368 miles	2058 nm	NNE
Vancouver	Sat 2:20 AM	3926 km	2440 miles	2120 nm	NNE