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 Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 07:58:00 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: 99%

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 Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 07:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 18'	South
Longitude:	133° 00'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.86 meters/second, 1547.5 km/hour, 961.6 miles/hour or 835.6 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' 24.3"	16.03 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.20 mi	south	16.03 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 24.4"	961.34 mi	west	0° 10' 11.8"	11.68 mi	south	961.02 mi
24 hours	14° 33' 51.0"	971.84 mi	east	3° 32' 25.7"	243.49 mi	south	993.28 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
Gambier Islands	Fri 10:58 PM	891 km	554 miles	481 nm	SSW
Taiohae	Fri 10:28 PM	992 km	616 miles	536 nm	NW
Adamstown	Fri 11:58 PM	1123 km	698 miles	607 nm	SSE
Papeete	Fri 9:58 PM	1785 km	1109 miles	964 nm	W
Easter Island	Sat 1:58 AM	2776 km	1725 miles	1499 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Fri 9:58 PM	2902 km	1803 miles	1567 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Sat 9:58 PM	3283 km	2040 miles	1773 nm	WNW
Alofi	Fri 8:58 PM	3942 km	2449 miles	2128 nm	WSW
Apia	Sat 8:58 PM	4175 km	2594 miles	2254 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sat 8:58 PM	4204 km	2612 miles	2270 nm	W