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 13:48:00 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 13:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 02'	South
Longitude:	162° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.64 meters/second, 1557.5 km/hour, 967.8 miles/hour or 841.0 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' 25.0"	16.13 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	south	16.13 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 00.9"	967.60 mi	west	0° 10' 58.7"	12.58 mi	south	967.29 mi
24 hours	14° 15' 21.4"	956.80 mi	east	3° 53' 24.2"	267.50 mi	south	984.94 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 12:48 AM	572 km	356 miles	309 nm	NNW
Port Vila	Sun 12:48 AM	757 km	471 miles	409 nm	ESE
Noumea	Sun 12:48 AM	1009 km	627 miles	545 nm	SSE
Yaren	Sun 1:48 AM	1574 km	978 miles	850 nm	NNE
Port Moresby	Sat 11:48 PM	1730 km	1075 miles	934 nm	WNW
Suva	Sun 1:48 AM	1776 km	1104 miles	959 nm	ESE
Brisbane	Sat 11:48 PM	1776 km	1104 miles	959 nm	SSW
Cairns	Sat 11:48 PM	1809 km	1124 miles	977 nm	WSW
Funafuti	Sun 1:48 AM	1937 km	1204 miles	1046 nm	ENE
Tarawa	Sun 1:48 AM	2072 km	1287 miles	1119 nm	NE