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 15, 2012 at 22:18:00 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: 25%

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 Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 22:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 60'	South
Longitude:	147° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.41 meters/second, 1603.5 km/hour, 996.4 miles/hour or 865.8 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' 32.5"	16.61 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.61 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 38.7"	996.33 mi	west	0° 10' 58.8"	12.58 mi	north	996.63 mi
24 hours	10° 44' 10.2"	735.48 mi	east	4° 28' 50.6"	307.92 mi	north	800.36 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
Lae	Mon 8:18 AM	147 km	91 miles	79 nm	NNW
Port Moresby	Mon 8:18 AM	163 km	101 miles	88 nm	S
Arawa	Mon 8:18 AM	923 km	574 miles	498 nm	ENE
Jayapura	Mon 7:18 AM	956 km	594 miles	516 nm	NW
Cairns	Mon 8:18 AM	1003 km	623 miles	542 nm	S
Honiara	Mon 9:18 AM	1391 km	864 miles	751 nm	E
Manokwari	Mon 7:18 AM	1676 km	1042 miles	905 nm	WNW
Darwin	Mon 7:48 AM	1879 km	1168 miles	1015 nm	WSW
Palikir	Mon 9:18 AM	2037 km	1266 miles	1100 nm	NE
Melekeok	Mon 7:18 AM	2224 km	1382 miles	1201 nm	NW