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 13:24:00 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 13:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 20'	South
Longitude:	178° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.00 meters/second, 1490.4 km/hour, 926.1 miles/hour or 804.8 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' 02.7"	0.05 mi	south	15.44 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 00.4"	925.83 mi	west	0° 02' 40.4"	3.07 mi	south	925.70 mi
24 hours	344° 53' 37.5"	973.45 mi	west	0° 19' 09.0"	21.96 mi	south	972.63 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
Suva	Tue 1:24 AM	354 km	220 miles	191 nm	N
Nadi	Tue 1:24 AM	409 km	254 miles	221 nm	NNW
Lautoka	Tue 1:24 AM	428 km	266 miles	231 nm	NNW
Nukualofa	Tue 2:24 AM	648 km	403 miles	350 nm	E
Pangai	Tue 2:24 AM	758 km	471 miles	409 nm	ENE
Neiafu	Tue 2:24 AM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	ENE
Port Vila	Tue 12:24 AM	1146 km	712 miles	619 nm	WNW
Alofi	Mon 2:24 AM	1230 km	764 miles	664 nm	E
Noumea	Tue 12:24 AM	1256 km	781 miles	678 nm	W
Apia	Tue 2:24 AM	1319 km	820 miles	712 nm	NE