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 28, 2012 at 07:24:00 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: 39%

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 28, 2012 at 07:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 06'	North
Longitude:	148° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.00 meters/second, 1544.4 km/hour, 959.7 miles/hour or 833.9 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' 30.6"	15.99 mi	west	0° 00' 07.4"	0.14 mi	south	16.00 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 36.4"	959.46 mi	west	0° 07' 26.3"	8.53 mi	south	959.82 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 00.7"	774.83 mi	east	3° 22' 26.6"	232.01 mi	south	815.07 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
Saipan	Sat 5:24 PM	373 km	232 miles	201 nm	SW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 5:24 PM	578 km	359 miles	312 nm	SW
Palikir	Sat 6:24 PM	1530 km	951 miles	826 nm	SE
Melekeok	Sat 4:24 PM	1855 km	1153 miles	1002 nm	WSW
Wake Island	Sat 7:24 PM	1920 km	1193 miles	1037 nm	E
Yokohama	Sat 4:24 PM	2220 km	1380 miles	1199 nm	NNW
Tokyo	Sat 4:24 PM	2243 km	1394 miles	1211 nm	NNW
Nagoya	Sat 4:24 PM	2316 km	1439 miles	1250 nm	NNW
Jayapura	Sat 4:24 PM	2340 km	1454 miles	1263 nm	SSW
Osaka	Sat 4:24 PM	2345 km	1457 miles	1266 nm	NNW