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 Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 15:10:00 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: 82%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 4:15 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 15:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	24° 23'	South
Longitude:	175° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 407.76 meters/second, 1467.9 km/hour, 912.1 miles/hour or 792.6 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' 28.1"	15.20 mi	west	0° 00' 03.4"	0.06 mi	north	15.20 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 14.5"	911.80 mi	west	0° 03' 26.3"	3.95 mi	north	912.02 mi
24 hours	12° 22' 33.0"	779.90 mi	east	1° 55' 03.6"	131.98 mi	north	796.64 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
Nukualofa	Mon 4:10 AM	360 km	224 miles	195 nm	N
Pangai	Mon 4:10 AM	515 km	320 miles	278 nm	N
Neiafu	Mon 4:10 AM	648 km	403 miles	350 nm	NNE
Alofi	Sun 4:10 AM	807 km	502 miles	436 nm	NE
Suva	Mon 3:10 AM	955 km	593 miles	516 nm	NW
Apia	Sun 4:10 AM	1224 km	760 miles	661 nm	NNE
Rarotonga	Sun 5:10 AM	1624 km	1009 miles	877 nm	E
Auckland	Mon 3:10 AM	1679 km	1044 miles	907 nm	SSW
Fakaofo	Sun 4:10 AM	1716 km	1066 miles	926 nm	NNE
Funafuti	Mon 3:10 AM	1853 km	1151 miles	1001 nm	NNW