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, July 28, 2010 at 14:14:00 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: 94%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, July 26, 2010 at 1:37 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 4:59 AM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 14:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 34'	South
Longitude:	173° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.20 meters/second, 1613.5 km/hour, 1002.6 miles/hour or 871.2 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' 35.2"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	north	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 35' 18.2"	1002.55 mi	west	0° 12' 08.1"	13.90 mi	north	1002.85 mi
24 hours	350° 12' 24.6"	673.03 mi	west	4° 55' 52.6"	338.86 mi	north	755.74 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
Funafuti	Thu 2:14 AM	654 km	406 miles	353 nm	ESE
Tarawa	Thu 2:14 AM	885 km	550 miles	478 nm	N
Yaren	Thu 2:14 AM	1000 km	621 miles	540 nm	NW
Baker Island	Wed 2:14 AM	1329 km	826 miles	718 nm	NE
Port Vila	Thu 1:14 AM	1364 km	847 miles	736 nm	SSW
Suva	Thu 2:14 AM	1382 km	859 miles	746 nm	SSE
Honiara	Thu 1:14 AM	1540 km	957 miles	832 nm	WSW
Majuro	Thu 2:14 AM	1540 km	957 miles	832 nm	N
Fakaofo	Wed 3:14 AM	1698 km	1055 miles	917 nm	ESE
Apia	Wed 3:14 AM	1790 km	1112 miles	966 nm	ESE