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 29, 2012 at 04:58:00 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: 48%

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 29, 2012 at 04:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 06'	North
Longitude:	164° 20'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.37 meters/second, 1567.3 km/hour, 973.9 miles/hour or 846.3 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' 30.8"	16.23 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	16.23 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 46.8"	973.75 mi	west	0° 09' 16.5"	10.63 mi	south	974.14 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 45.9"	783.67 mi	east	4° 03' 18.9"	278.77 mi	south	837.69 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	Sat 6:58 PM	1053 km	654 miles	569 nm	NE
Kiritimati	Sun 6:58 PM	1557 km	967 miles	840 nm	SSE
Baker Island	Sat 4:58 PM	2038 km	1267 miles	1101 nm	SW
Midway	Sat 5:58 PM	2065 km	1283 miles	1115 nm	NW
Fakaofo	Sun 5:58 PM	2704 km	1680 miles	1460 nm	SSW
Majuro	Sun 4:58 PM	2783 km	1729 miles	1503 nm	WSW
Tarawa	Sun 4:58 PM	2862 km	1778 miles	1545 nm	WSW
Funafuti	Sun 4:58 PM	3091 km	1921 miles	1669 nm	SW
Wake Island	Sun 4:58 PM	3144 km	1954 miles	1698 nm	WNW
Apia	Sun 5:58 PM	3196 km	1986 miles	1726 nm	SSW