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 Monday, May 7, 2012 at 11:18:00 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: 97%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 3:35 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 7, 2012 at 11:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 14'	South
Longitude:	151° 16'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.29 meters/second, 1491.4 km/hour, 926.7 miles/hour or 805.3 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' 21.9"	15.45 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	south	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 00.3"	926.48 mi	west	0° 03' 00.9"	3.46 mi	south	926.32 mi
24 hours	15° 07' 38.8"	975.49 mi	east	0° 27' 19.5"	31.34 mi	south	974.48 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
Papeete	Mon 1:18 AM	446 km	277 miles	241 nm	NNE
Rarotonga	Mon 1:18 AM	883 km	549 miles	477 nm	W
Alofi	Mon 12:18 AM	1964 km	1220 miles	1060 nm	W
Adamstown	Mon 3:18 AM	2206 km	1371 miles	1191 nm	ESE
Apia	Tue 12:18 AM	2323 km	1443 miles	1254 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Tue 12:18 AM	2483 km	1543 miles	1341 nm	W
Fakaofo	Tue 12:18 AM	2510 km	1559 miles	1355 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Tue 1:18 AM	2639 km	1640 miles	1425 nm	NNW
Suva	Mon 11:18 PM	3191 km	1983 miles	1723 nm	W
Chatham Islands	Tue 12:03 AM	3439 km	2137 miles	1857 nm	SW