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 Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 10:50:00 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: 96%

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 Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 10:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 30'	South
Longitude:	140° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.76 meters/second, 1529.2 km/hour, 950.2 miles/hour or 825.7 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' 23.8"	15.84 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	south	15.84 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 51.3"	949.93 mi	west	0° 08' 35.10"	9.86 mi	south	949.61 mi
24 hours	14° 37' 48.9"	965.28 mi	east	2° 48' 31.3"	193.20 mi	south	976.70 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
Gambier Islands	Sun 1:50 AM	863 km	536 miles	466 nm	SE
Papeete	Sun 12:50 AM	945 km	587 miles	510 nm	W
Taiohae	Sun 1:20 AM	949 km	589 miles	512 nm	N
Adamstown	Sun 2:50 AM	1379 km	857 miles	744 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Sun 12:50 AM	2049 km	1273 miles	1106 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Mon 12:50 AM	2817 km	1750 miles	1521 nm	NW
Alofi	Sat 11:50 PM	3094 km	1923 miles	1671 nm	W
Apia	Sun 11:50 PM	3356 km	2085 miles	1812 nm	W
Easter Island *	Sun 5:50 AM	3388 km	2105 miles	1829 nm	ESE
Fakaofo	Sun 11:50 PM	3425 km	2128 miles	1849 nm	WNW