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 27, 2012 at 03:14:00 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: 28%

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 Friday, April 27, 2012 at 03:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 57'	North
Longitude:	162° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.81 meters/second, 1518.5 km/hour, 943.6 miles/hour or 819.9 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' 30.2"	15.73 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	south	15.73 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 19.5"	943.32 mi	west	0° 04' 45.1"	5.45 mi	south	943.58 mi
24 hours	11° 49' 34.8"	769.18 mi	east	2° 20' 58.0"	161.60 mi	south	791.33 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
Honolulu	Thu 5:14 PM	530 km	330 miles	286 nm	ENE
Wailuku	Thu 5:14 PM	659 km	409 miles	356 nm	E
Midway	Thu 4:14 PM	1746 km	1085 miles	943 nm	NW
Kiritimati	Fri 5:14 PM	2084 km	1295 miles	1125 nm	SSE
Baker Island	Thu 3:14 PM	2649 km	1646 miles	1430 nm	SW
Majuro	Fri 3:14 PM	3149 km	1957 miles	1700 nm	WSW
Wake Island	Fri 3:14 PM	3208 km	1994 miles	1732 nm	W
Tarawa	Fri 3:14 PM	3343 km	2077 miles	1805 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Fri 4:14 PM	3373 km	2096 miles	1821 nm	SSW
Funafuti	Fri 3:14 PM	3718 km	2310 miles	2007 nm	SSW