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 Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 01:42:00 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	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 01:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 45'	South
Longitude:	130° 36'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.15 meters/second, 1616.9 km/hour, 1004.7 miles/hour or 873.1 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' 31.7"	16.74 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	north	16.75 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 51.6"	1004.72 mi	west	0° 11' 38.9"	13.34 mi	north	1004.86 mi
24 hours	11° 04' 13.7"	765.45 mi	east	4° 35' 33.7"	315.58 mi	north	828.06 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
Adamstown	Tue 5:42 PM	2580 km	1603 miles	1393 nm	S
Papeete	Tue 3:42 PM	2711 km	1685 miles	1464 nm	SW
Kiritimati	Wed 3:42 PM	3003 km	1866 miles	1621 nm	W
Easter Island *	Tue 8:42 PM	3607 km	2241 miles	1948 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Tue 3:42 PM	3829 km	2379 miles	2067 nm	SW
Honolulu	Tue 3:42 PM	3914 km	2432 miles	2113 nm	NW
Hermosillo	Tue 6:42 PM	4001 km	2486 miles	2160 nm	NNE
Mexico City	Tue 7:42 PM	4161 km	2585 miles	2247 nm	NE
Los Angeles	Tue 5:42 PM	4168 km	2590 miles	2251 nm	NNE
Phoenix	Tue 6:42 PM	4354 km	2706 miles	2351 nm	NNE