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 Friday, May 4, 2012 at 11:54:00 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: 96%

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 Friday, May 4, 2012 at 11:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 34'	South
Longitude:	156° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.37 meters/second, 1574.5 km/hour, 978.4 miles/hour or 850.2 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' 25.9"	16.31 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 00.2"	978.20 mi	west	0° 11' 55.1"	13.66 mi	south	977.95 mi
24 hours	13° 57' 56.1"	946.50 mi	east	4° 23' 27.5"	301.89 mi	south	985.51 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
Honiara	Fri 10:54 PM	458 km	285 miles	247 nm	ENE
Arawa	Fri 9:54 PM	597 km	371 miles	322 nm	N
Port Moresby	Fri 9:54 PM	1032 km	641 miles	557 nm	WNW
Cairns	Fri 9:54 PM	1287 km	800 miles	695 nm	WSW
Port Vila	Fri 10:54 PM	1456 km	905 miles	786 nm	ESE
Yaren	Fri 11:54 PM	1687 km	1048 miles	911 nm	NE
Brisbane	Fri 9:54 PM	1795 km	1116 miles	969 nm	S
Jayapura	Fri 8:54 PM	1996 km	1240 miles	1078 nm	WNW
Palikir	Fri 10:54 PM	2053 km	1276 miles	1109 nm	N
Tarawa	Fri 11:54 PM	2334 km	1450 miles	1260 nm	NE