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 Monday, March 5, 2012 at 07:14:00 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: 88%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 1:22 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 5, 2012 at 07:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 08'	North
Longitude:	146° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.45 meters/second, 1556.8 km/hour, 967.4 miles/hour or 840.6 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' 28.9"	16.12 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	south	16.12 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 02.1"	967.20 mi	west	0° 09' 30.5"	10.90 mi	south	967.62 mi
24 hours	12° 22' 00.6"	825.87 mi	east	4° 12' 28.5"	289.29 mi	south	882.07 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	Sun 9:14 PM	1384 km	860 miles	747 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Mon 9:14 PM	1892 km	1176 miles	1021 nm	SW
San Francisco	Sun 11:14 PM	3447 km	2142 miles	1861 nm	NE
Midway	Sun 8:14 PM	3496 km	2173 miles	1888 nm	WNW
Los Angeles	Sun 11:14 PM	3522 km	2188 miles	1902 nm	NE
Papeete	Sun 9:14 PM	3630 km	2255 miles	1960 nm	S
Baker Island	Sun 7:14 PM	3691 km	2294 miles	1993 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Mon 8:14 PM	3848 km	2391 miles	2078 nm	SW
Las Vegas	Sun 11:14 PM	3881 km	2411 miles	2095 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Mon 12:14 AM	3954 km	2457 miles	2135 nm	ENE