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 Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 11:34:00 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: 90%

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 Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 11:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 28'	South
Longitude:	147° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.51 meters/second, 1600.2 km/hour, 994.3 miles/hour or 864.1 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' 27.9"	16.57 mi	west	0° 00' 13.1"	0.25 mi	south	16.57 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 50.5"	994.22 mi	west	0° 13' 02.2"	14.93 mi	south	994.11 mi
24 hours	13° 12' 05.1"	907.44 mi	east	5° 02' 18.2"	346.29 mi	south	965.95 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
Lae	Thu 9:34 PM	114 km	71 miles	61 nm	WSW
Port Moresby	Thu 9:34 PM	342 km	213 miles	185 nm	SSW
Arawa	Thu 9:34 PM	840 km	522 miles	453 nm	E
Jayapura	Thu 8:34 PM	916 km	569 miles	495 nm	WNW
Cairns	Thu 9:34 PM	1182 km	735 miles	638 nm	SSW
Honiara	Thu 10:34 PM	1361 km	845 miles	735 nm	ESE
Manokwari	Thu 8:34 PM	1664 km	1034 miles	899 nm	WNW
Palikir	Thu 10:34 PM	1862 km	1157 miles	1006 nm	NE
Darwin	Thu 9:04 PM	1995 km	1239 miles	1077 nm	WSW
Melekeok	Thu 8:34 PM	2140 km	1330 miles	1156 nm	NW