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, October 22, 2012 at 03:32:00 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: 50%

Previous phase	New Moon	Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM
This phase	First Quarter	Monday, October 22, 2012 at 3:32 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7:50 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, October 22, 2012 at 03:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 46'	South
Longitude:	143° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.66 meters/second, 1550.4 km/hour, 963.4 miles/hour or 837.1 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' 27.9"	16.06 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	north	16.06 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 03.5"	963.23 mi	west	0° 08' 18.4"	9.52 mi	north	963.61 mi
24 hours	12° 24' 41.3"	826.38 mi	east	3° 39' 14.5"	251.22 mi	north	870.26 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
Papeete	Sun 5:32 PM	629 km	391 miles	340 nm	WSW
Taiohae	Sun 6:02 PM	891 km	554 miles	481 nm	NNE
Adamstown	Sun 7:32 PM	1774 km	1102 miles	958 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Sun 5:32 PM	1775 km	1103 miles	958 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Mon 5:32 PM	2442 km	1518 miles	1319 nm	NW
Alofi	Sun 4:32 PM	2779 km	1727 miles	1500 nm	WSW
Apia *	Mon 5:32 PM	2999 km	1863 miles	1619 nm	W
Fakaofo	Mon 4:32 PM	3044 km	1891 miles	1643 nm	W
Nukualofa	Mon 4:32 PM	3347 km	2080 miles	1807 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Sun 10:32 PM	3788 km	2354 miles	2045 nm	ESE