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 31, 2012 at 14:24:00 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: 91%

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 Monday, December 31, 2012 at 14:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 16'	North
Longitude:	179° 60'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.00 meters/second, 1587.6 km/hour, 986.5 miles/hour or 857.2 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' 32.2"	16.44 mi	west	0° 00' 09.3"	0.18 mi	south	16.44 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 20.1"	986.40 mi	west	0° 09' 28.3"	10.85 mi	south	986.73 mi
24 hours	11° 00' 48.3"	747.24 mi	east	4° 01' 11.5"	276.29 mi	south	800.98 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
Majuro	Tue 2:24 AM	1069 km	664 miles	577 nm	WSW
Baker Island	Mon 2:24 AM	1284 km	798 miles	693 nm	SSE
Tarawa	Tue 2:24 AM	1336 km	830 miles	721 nm	SW
Wake Island	Tue 2:24 AM	1686 km	1047 miles	910 nm	WNW
Midway	Mon 3:24 AM	1897 km	1178 miles	1024 nm	N
Yaren	Tue 2:24 AM	1949 km	1211 miles	1052 nm	SW
Funafuti	Tue 2:24 AM	2189 km	1360 miles	1182 nm	S
Palikir	Tue 1:24 AM	2447 km	1521 miles	1321 nm	W
Fakaofo	Tue 3:24 AM	2479 km	1540 miles	1338 nm	SSE
Honolulu	Mon 4:24 AM	2610 km	1622 miles	1409 nm	ENE