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, April 7, 2012 at 10:00:00 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: 99%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Friday, April 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Friday, April 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 10:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 19'	South
Longitude:	142° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.06 meters/second, 1562.6 km/hour, 971.0 miles/hour or 843.7 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' 25.2"	16.18 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	south	16.18 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 14.9"	970.78 mi	west	0° 11' 20.0"	12.99 mi	south	970.48 mi
24 hours	14° 10' 17.3"	954.00 mi	east	4° 03' 35.1"	279.15 mi	south	985.53 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
Taiohae	Sat 12:30 AM	601 km	373 miles	324 nm	NE
Papeete	Midnight Fri-Sat	860 km	534 miles	464 nm	SW
Adamstown	Sat 2:00 AM	1864 km	1158 miles	1007 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Midnight Fri-Sat	2001 km	1243 miles	1080 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Midnight Sat-Sun	2320 km	1442 miles	1253 nm	NW
Alofi	Fri 11:00 PM	2961 km	1840 miles	1599 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Sat 11:00 PM	3128 km	1944 miles	1689 nm	W
Apia	Sat 11:00 PM	3130 km	1945 miles	1690 nm	W
Nukualofa	Sat 11:00 PM	3542 km	2201 miles	1912 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Sat 5:00 AM	3802 km	2363 miles	2053 nm	ESE