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 30, 2012 at 10:22:00 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: 96%

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 Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 10:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 16'	North
Longitude:	132° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.55 meters/second, 1560.8 km/hour, 969.8 miles/hour or 842.7 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' 31.8"	16.16 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.15 mi	south	16.16 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 47.4"	969.67 mi	west	0° 07' 40.2"	8.79 mi	south	970.01 mi
24 hours	11° 11' 13.9"	746.66 mi	east	3° 22' 51.2"	232.44 mi	south	787.29 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
Tijuana	Sun 2:22 AM	2475 km	1538 miles	1336 nm	NE
San Diego	Sun 2:22 AM	2481 km	1542 miles	1340 nm	NE
Los Angeles	Sun 2:22 AM	2528 km	1571 miles	1365 nm	NNE
Mexicali	Sun 2:22 AM	2586 km	1607 miles	1397 nm	NE
San Francisco	Sun 2:22 AM	2685 km	1668 miles	1450 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Sun 3:22 AM	2692 km	1672 miles	1453 nm	NE
Honolulu	Sun 12:22 AM	2755 km	1712 miles	1487 nm	WNW
Phoenix	Sun 3:22 AM	2882 km	1791 miles	1556 nm	NE
Las Vegas	Sun 2:22 AM	2886 km	1793 miles	1558 nm	NNE
Kiritimati	Mon 12:22 AM	3099 km	1926 miles	1673 nm	WSW