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 28, 2012 at 10:22:00 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: 100%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM
This 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 Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 49'	North
Longitude:	155° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.38 meters/second, 1520.6 km/hour, 944.8 miles/hour or 821.0 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"	15.75 mi	west	0° 00' 03.5"	0.07 mi	south	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 50.1"	944.61 mi	west	0° 03' 37.3"	4.15 mi	south	944.80 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 27.9"	754.47 mi	east	1° 52' 05.2"	128.50 mi	south	769.55 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
Hilo	Fri 12:22 AM	49 km	30 miles	26 nm	ESE
Kailua-Kona	Fri 12:22 AM	52 km	32 miles	28 nm	WSW
Wailuku	Fri 12:22 AM	155 km	96 miles	84 nm	NW
Napili-Honokowai	Fri 12:22 AM	175 km	109 miles	94 nm	NW
Honolulu	Fri 12:22 AM	293 km	182 miles	158 nm	NW
Kiritimati	Sat 12:22 AM	1996 km	1240 miles	1078 nm	S
Midway	Thu 11:22 PM	2403 km	1493 miles	1298 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Thu 10:22 PM	3151 km	1958 miles	1701 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Fri 11:22 PM	3658 km	2273 miles	1975 nm	SSW
San Francisco	Fri 2:22 AM	3764 km	2339 miles	2032 nm	NE