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 26, 2012 at 08:14:00 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: 96%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 08:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 47'	North
Longitude:	148° 00'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.76 meters/second, 1511.1 km/hour, 939.0 miles/hour or 815.9 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' 30.7"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 01.2"	0.02 mi	north	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 49.0"	938.70 mi	west	0° 01' 13.6"	1.41 mi	north	938.64 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 49.4"	757.70 mi	east	0° 02' 40.1"	3.06 mi	north	757.60 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
Honolulu	Tue 10:14 PM	1026 km	637 miles	554 nm	W
Kiritimati	Wed 10:14 PM	2326 km	1445 miles	1256 nm	SSW
Midway	Tue 9:14 PM	3079 km	1913 miles	1663 nm	WNW
San Francisco	Wed 12:14 AM	3099 km	1926 miles	1673 nm	NE
Los Angeles	Wed 12:14 AM	3271 km	2033 miles	1766 nm	ENE
Las Vegas	Wed 12:14 AM	3613 km	2245 miles	1951 nm	NE
Seattle	Wed 12:14 AM	3765 km	2339 miles	2033 nm	NNE
Phoenix	Wed 1:14 AM	3805 km	2364 miles	2054 nm	ENE
Hermosillo	Wed 1:14 AM	3835 km	2383 miles	2071 nm	ENE
Baker Island	Tue 8:14 PM	3845 km	2389 miles	2076 nm	WSW