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, April 9, 2012 at 15:10:00 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: 88%

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 Monday, April 9, 2012 at 15:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 40'	South
Longitude:	171° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.35 meters/second, 1498.9 km/hour, 931.3 miles/hour or 809.3 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' 23.0"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	south	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 02.7"	931.09 mi	west	0° 04' 33.0"	5.22 mi	south	930.87 mi
24 hours	345° 14' 55.7"	954.83 mi	west	1° 06' 19.6"	76.06 mi	south	954.33 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
Port Vila	Tue 2:10 AM	476 km	296 miles	257 nm	NW
Noumea	Tue 2:10 AM	566 km	351 miles	305 nm	WSW
Nadi	Tue 3:10 AM	686 km	426 miles	370 nm	ENE
Lautoka	Tue 3:10 AM	700 km	435 miles	378 nm	ENE
Suva	Tue 3:10 AM	766 km	476 miles	414 nm	ENE
Kingston	Tue 2:40 AM	1000 km	621 miles	540 nm	SSW
Nukualofa	Tue 4:10 AM	1371 km	852 miles	740 nm	E
Funafuti	Tue 3:10 AM	1572 km	977 miles	849 nm	NNE
Honiara	Tue 2:10 AM	1765 km	1097 miles	953 nm	NW
Auckland	Tue 3:10 AM	1819 km	1130 miles	982 nm	S