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 Friday, December 7, 2012 at 18:36:00 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: 38%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 7, 2012 at 18:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 01'	South
Longitude:	177° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.63 meters/second, 1611.5 km/hour, 1001.3 miles/hour or 870.1 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' 30.6"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 11.8"	0.23 mi	south	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 34.6"	1001.26 mi	west	0° 11' 54.5"	13.64 mi	south	1001.23 mi
24 hours	12° 04' 22.5"	833.11 mi	east	4° 41' 56.9"	322.93 mi	south	890.41 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
Baker Island	Fri 6:36 AM	493 km	306 miles	266 nm	NNE
Funafuti	Sat 6:36 AM	589 km	366 miles	318 nm	SSW
Rawaki	Sat 7:36 AM	804 km	500 miles	434 nm	E
Fakaofo	Sat 7:36 AM	949 km	590 miles	513 nm	SE
Tarawa	Sat 6:36 AM	1172 km	729 miles	633 nm	WNW
Apia *	Sat 8:36 AM	1281 km	796 miles	692 nm	SSE
Suva *	Sat 7:36 AM	1612 km	1002 miles	870 nm	SSW
Majuro	Sat 6:36 AM	1725 km	1072 miles	932 nm	NW
Yaren	Sat 6:36 AM	1727 km	1073 miles	932 nm	WNW
Alofi	Fri 7:36 AM	1879 km	1168 miles	1015 nm	SSE