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 Friday, April 13, 2012 at 18:12:00 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: 47%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Friday, April 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 13, 2012 at 18:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 33'	South
Longitude:	176° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.39 meters/second, 1545.8 km/hour, 960.5 miles/hour or 834.7 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' 28.8"	16.01 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	north	16.01 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 56.9"	960.38 mi	west	0° 08' 18.6"	9.52 mi	north	960.77 mi
24 hours	12° 02' 19.4"	798.38 mi	east	3° 38' 50.8"	250.79 mi	north	843.49 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
Neiafu	Sat 7:12 AM	342 km	213 miles	185 nm	SE
Mata-Utu	Sat 6:12 AM	360 km	224 miles	195 nm	N
Pangai	Sat 7:12 AM	418 km	260 miles	226 nm	SSE
Nukualofa	Sat 7:12 AM	522 km	324 miles	282 nm	SSE
Apia	Sat 7:12 AM	577 km	358 miles	311 nm	ENE
Suva	Sat 6:12 AM	582 km	362 miles	314 nm	WSW
Pago Pago	Fri 7:12 AM	657 km	408 miles	355 nm	ENE
Lautoka	Sat 6:12 AM	669 km	416 miles	361 nm	W
Nadi	Sat 6:12 AM	677 km	421 miles	366 nm	WSW
Alofi	Fri 7:12 AM	736 km	457 miles	398 nm	ESE