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 22, 2012 at 23:34:00 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: 2%

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 Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 23:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 19'	North
Longitude:	156° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.08 meters/second, 1526.7 km/hour, 948.6 miles/hour or 824.4 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' 31.5"	15.81 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	north	15.81 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 36.7"	948.40 mi	west	0° 05' 10.9"	5.94 mi	north	948.17 mi
24 hours	11° 29' 52.1"	750.73 mi	east	1° 39' 27.3"	114.03 mi	north	755.47 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
Kailua-Kona	Sun 1:34 PM	70 km	44 miles	38 nm	ENE
Hilo	Sun 1:34 PM	162 km	101 miles	87 nm	ENE
Wailuku	Sun 1:34 PM	174 km	108 miles	94 nm	N
Napili-Honokowai	Sun 1:34 PM	184 km	114 miles	99 nm	N
Honolulu	Sun 1:34 PM	258 km	161 miles	140 nm	NNW
Kiritimati	Mon 1:34 PM	1932 km	1201 miles	1043 nm	S
Midway	Sun 12:34 PM	2333 km	1450 miles	1260 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Sun 11:34 AM	3032 km	1884 miles	1637 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Mon 12:34 PM	3557 km	2210 miles	1921 nm	SSW
Majuro	Mon 11:34 AM	3734 km	2320 miles	2016 nm	WSW