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 Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 23:54:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 9:58 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 23:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 52'	North
Longitude:	172° 36'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.41 meters/second, 1549.5 km/hour, 962.8 miles/hour or 836.7 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' 32.4"	16.05 mi	west	0° 00' 07.1"	0.14 mi	north	16.05 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 25.5"	962.60 mi	west	0° 07' 05.4"	8.13 mi	north	962.34 mi
24 hours	11° 11' 21.7"	740.83 mi	east	2° 28' 30.5"	170.24 mi	north	755.18 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
Midway	Sat 12:54 PM	1348 km	838 miles	728 nm	NNW
Honolulu	Sat 1:54 PM	1627 km	1011 miles	878 nm	ENE
Baker Island	Sat 11:54 AM	1893 km	1176 miles	1022 nm	SSW
Majuro	Sun 11:54 AM	2064 km	1282 miles	1114 nm	WSW
Wake Island	Sun 11:54 AM	2211 km	1374 miles	1194 nm	W
Tarawa	Sun 11:54 AM	2326 km	1445 miles	1256 nm	SW
Kiritimati	Sun 1:54 PM	2356 km	1464 miles	1272 nm	SE
Fakaofo	Sun 12:54 PM	2906 km	1806 miles	1569 nm	S
Funafuti	Sun 11:54 AM	2949 km	1832 miles	1592 nm	SSW
Yaren	Sun 11:54 AM	2959 km	1839 miles	1598 nm	SW