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 Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 12:50:00 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: 81%

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 Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 12:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 44'	South
Longitude:	140° 03'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.49 meters/second, 1488.6 km/hour, 924.9 miles/hour or 803.8 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' 23.2"	15.42 mi	west	0° 00' 01.2"	0.02 mi	south	15.42 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 18.1"	924.69 mi	west	0° 01' 10.7"	1.35 mi	south	924.63 mi
24 hours	14° 28' 42.8"	930.49 mi	east	0° 13' 26.8"	15.42 mi	north	931.34 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	Tue 3:50 AM	547 km	340 miles	295 nm	ESE
Adamstown	Tue 4:50 AM	1081 km	672 miles	584 nm	ESE
Papeete	Tue 2:50 AM	1101 km	684 miles	595 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Tue 2:50 AM	2045 km	1270 miles	1104 nm	W
Alofi	Tue 1:50 AM	3128 km	1944 miles	1689 nm	W
Easter Island *	Tue 7:50 AM	3163 km	1965 miles	1708 nm	ESE
Kiritimati	Wed 2:50 AM	3217 km	1999 miles	1737 nm	NW
Apia	Wed 1:50 AM	3469 km	2155 miles	1873 nm	W
Fakaofo	Wed 1:50 AM	3605 km	2240 miles	1946 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Wed 1:50 AM	3637 km	2260 miles	1964 nm	W