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 14:34:00 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 14:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 14'	North
Longitude:	177° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.04 meters/second, 1587.7 km/hour, 986.6 miles/hour or 857.3 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' 09.5"	0.18 mi	south	16.44 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 20.2"	986.49 mi	west	0° 09' 28.8"	10.86 mi	south	986.82 mi
24 hours	348° 59' 13.9"	747.27 mi	west	4° 01' 23.0"	276.51 mi	south	801.07 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 2:34 AM	834 km	518 miles	450 nm	WSW
Tarawa	Tue 2:34 AM	1198 km	744 miles	647 nm	SSW
Baker Island	Mon 2:34 AM	1387 km	862 miles	749 nm	SSE
Wake Island	Tue 2:34 AM	1473 km	915 miles	795 nm	NW
Yaren	Tue 2:34 AM	1756 km	1091 miles	948 nm	SW
Midway	Mon 3:34 AM	1952 km	1213 miles	1054 nm	NNE
Palikir	Tue 1:34 AM	2186 km	1358 miles	1180 nm	W
Funafuti	Tue 2:34 AM	2192 km	1362 miles	1183 nm	S
Fakaofo	Tue 3:34 AM	2593 km	1611 miles	1400 nm	SSE
Honolulu	Mon 4:34 AM	2847 km	1769 miles	1537 nm	ENE