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 26, 2012 at 04:14:00 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: 11%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, March 30, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 26, 2012 at 04:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 09'	North
Longitude:	154° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.25 meters/second, 1538.1 km/hour, 955.7 miles/hour or 830.5 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' 32.0"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 06.3"	0.12 mi	north	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 04.7"	955.49 mi	west	0° 06' 20.5"	7.27 mi	north	955.23 mi
24 hours	11° 19' 23.7"	744.46 mi	east	2° 08' 54.5"	147.79 mi	north	754.32 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
Saipan	Mon 2:14 PM	959 km	596 miles	518 nm	WSW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 2:14 PM	1136 km	706 miles	614 nm	WSW
Palikir	Mon 3:14 PM	1315 km	817 miles	710 nm	SSE
Wake Island	Mon 4:14 PM	1318 km	819 miles	712 nm	E
Majuro	Mon 4:14 PM	2208 km	1372 miles	1192 nm	ESE
Yokohama	Mon 1:14 PM	2396 km	1489 miles	1293 nm	NW
Tokyo	Mon 1:14 PM	2413 km	1500 miles	1303 nm	NNW
Melekeok	Mon 1:14 PM	2426 km	1508 miles	1310 nm	WSW
Yaren	Mon 4:14 PM	2491 km	1548 miles	1345 nm	SE
Nagoya	Mon 1:14 PM	2544 km	1581 miles	1374 nm	NW