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 08:58:00 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: 50%

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 08:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 28'	North
Longitude:	137° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.54 meters/second, 1571.5 km/hour, 976.5 miles/hour or 848.6 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' 30.7"	16.28 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	south	16.28 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.0"	976.38 mi	west	0° 09' 35.3"	10.99 mi	south	976.77 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 52.4"	785.89 mi	east	4° 10' 10.2"	286.61 mi	south	842.27 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
Melekeok	Sun 5:58 PM	737 km	458 miles	398 nm	SSW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sun 6:58 PM	773 km	480 miles	417 nm	E
Saipan	Sun 6:58 PM	898 km	558 miles	485 nm	ENE
Davao	Sun 4:58 PM	1493 km	927 miles	806 nm	WSW
Manokwari	Sun 5:58 PM	1633 km	1015 miles	882 nm	SSW
Quezon	Sun 4:58 PM	1793 km	1114 miles	968 nm	W
Manila	Sun 4:58 PM	1799 km	1118 miles	971 nm	W
Jayapura	Sun 5:58 PM	1803 km	1120 miles	974 nm	S
Manado	Sun 4:58 PM	1933 km	1201 miles	1044 nm	SW
Taipei	Sun 4:58 PM	2120 km	1317 miles	1145 nm	NW