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 Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 07:34:00 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: 80%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 3:35 AM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 07:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 18'	South
Longitude:	166° 37'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.15 meters/second, 1613.4 km/hour, 1002.5 miles/hour or 871.1 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' 29.5"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 13.1"	0.25 mi	south	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 28.3"	1002.42 mi	west	0° 13' 08.10"	15.06 mi	south	1002.52 mi
24 hours	12° 27' 22.2"	861.65 mi	east	5° 16' 58.1"	363.01 mi	south	933.68 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
Rawaki	Wed 8:34 PM	593 km	368 miles	320 nm	SW
Kiritimati	Wed 9:34 PM	1060 km	659 miles	572 nm	ENE
Baker Island	Tue 7:34 PM	1100 km	683 miles	594 nm	W
Fakaofo	Wed 8:34 PM	1126 km	699 miles	608 nm	SSW
Apia	Wed 8:34 PM	1601 km	995 miles	864 nm	SSW
Funafuti	Wed 7:34 PM	1815 km	1128 miles	980 nm	WSW
Alofi	Tue 8:34 PM	2105 km	1308 miles	1137 nm	S
Tarawa	Wed 7:34 PM	2278 km	1415 miles	1230 nm	W
Rarotonga	Tue 9:34 PM	2432 km	1511 miles	1313 nm	SSE
Nukualofa	Wed 8:34 PM	2487 km	1545 miles	1343 nm	SSW