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 13:58:00 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: 100%

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 13:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 17'	South
Longitude:	140° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.54 meters/second, 1539.2 km/hour, 956.4 miles/hour or 831.1 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' 23.9"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	south	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 57.4"	956.15 mi	west	0° 09' 32.4"	10.94 mi	south	955.82 mi
24 hours	14° 43' 06.7"	977.34 mi	east	3° 14' 06.4"	222.51 mi	south	993.95 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
Cairns	Sat 11:58 PM	560 km	348 miles	302 nm	E
Port Moresby	Sat 11:58 PM	1043 km	648 miles	563 nm	NE
Alice Springs	Sat 11:28 PM	1079 km	671 miles	583 nm	SW
Darwin	Sat 11:28 PM	1131 km	703 miles	611 nm	WNW
Jayapura	Sat 10:58 PM	1521 km	945 miles	821 nm	N
Brisbane	Sat 11:58 PM	1783 km	1108 miles	963 nm	SE
Dili	Sat 10:58 PM	1838 km	1142 miles	992 nm	WNW
Manokwari	Sat 10:58 PM	1849 km	1149 miles	999 nm	NNW
Eucla	Sat 10:43 PM	2075 km	1289 miles	1120 nm	SSW
Adelaide	Sat 11:28 PM	2075 km	1289 miles	1120 nm	S