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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- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 13:20:00 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 100%
Position of the Moon
On Monday, January 9, 2012 at 13:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||18° 34' ||North|
|Longitude: ||164° 03' ||East|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.57 meters/second, 1528.4 km/hour, 949.7 miles/hour or 825.3 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:
|Time||Longitude difference||Latitude difference||Total|
|1 minute||0° 14' 28.7"||15.83 mi||west||0° 00' 07.4"||0.14 mi||south||15.83 mi|
|1 hour||14° 28' 43.4"||949.51 mi||west||0° 07' 26.2"||8.52 mi||south||949.89 mi|
|24 hours||12° 23' 45.8"||812.99 mi||east||3° 25' 58.3"||236.08 mi||south||853.91 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Wake Island||Tue 1:20 AM||285 km||177 miles||154 nm|| ENE|
|Palikir||Tue 12:20 AM||1438 km||894 miles||776 nm|| SSW|
|Majuro||Tue 1:20 AM||1482 km||921 miles||800 nm|| SSE|
|Tarawa||Tue 1:20 AM||2134 km||1326 miles||1152 nm|| SSE|
|Yaren||Tue 1:20 AM||2136 km||1327 miles||1153 nm|| S|
|Guam (Hagåtña)||Mon 11:20 PM||2139 km||1329 miles||1155 nm|| WSW|
|Midway||Mon 2:20 AM||2175 km||1351 miles||1174 nm|| ENE|
|Baker Island||Mon 1:20 AM||2943 km||1829 miles||1589 nm|| SE|
|Tokyo||Mon 10:20 PM||3055 km||1899 miles||1650 nm|| NW|
|Honiara||Tue 12:20 AM||3129 km||1944 miles||1690 nm|| S|
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