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 Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 15:34:00 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: 93%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 15:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 47'	South
Longitude:	155° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.33 meters/second, 1574.4 km/hour, 978.3 miles/hour or 850.1 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' 26.6"	16.30 mi	west	0° 00' 11.8"	0.23 mi	south	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 36.0"	978.13 mi	west	0° 11' 53.5"	13.62 mi	south	977.87 mi
24 hours	13° 34' 28.8"	919.31 mi	east	4° 20' 46.9"	298.83 mi	south	958.89 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
Honiara	Sun 2:34 AM	509 km	316 miles	275 nm	ENE
Arawa	Sun 1:34 AM	615 km	382 miles	332 nm	N
Port Moresby	Sun 1:34 AM	993 km	617 miles	536 nm	WNW
Cairns	Sun 1:34 AM	1236 km	768 miles	667 nm	WSW
Port Vila	Sun 2:34 AM	1485 km	923 miles	802 nm	ESE
Yaren	Sun 3:34 AM	1736 km	1079 miles	937 nm	NE
Brisbane	Sun 1:34 AM	1764 km	1096 miles	953 nm	S
Jayapura	Sun 12:34 AM	1968 km	1223 miles	1063 nm	WNW
Palikir	Sun 2:34 AM	2082 km	1293 miles	1124 nm	N
Tarawa	Sun 3:34 AM	2384 km	1481 miles	1287 nm	NE