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 11:58:00 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: 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 11:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 16'	South
Longitude:	160° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.19 meters/second, 1491.1 km/hour, 926.5 miles/hour or 805.1 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' 21.9"	15.44 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	south	15.44 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 00.2"	926.26 mi	west	0° 02' 54.3"	3.33 mi	south	926.12 mi
24 hours	15° 07' 15.9"	974.86 mi	east	0° 24' 43.5"	28.36 mi	south	973.90 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
Rarotonga	Mon 1:58 AM	111 km	69 miles	60 nm	E
Alofi	Mon 12:58 AM	979 km	608 miles	529 nm	WNW
Papeete	Mon 1:58 AM	1254 km	779 miles	677 nm	ENE
Apia	Tue 12:58 AM	1421 km	883 miles	767 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Tue 12:58 AM	1490 km	926 miles	805 nm	W
Fakaofo	Tue 12:58 AM	1724 km	1071 miles	931 nm	NW
Suva	Mon 11:58 PM	2199 km	1366 miles	1187 nm	W
Funafuti	Mon 11:58 PM	2562 km	1592 miles	1384 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Tue 1:58 AM	2587 km	1608 miles	1397 nm	N
Chatham Islands	Tue 12:43 AM	2911 km	1809 miles	1572 nm	SSW