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 16:30:00 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: 96%

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 16:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 28'	South
Longitude:	134° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.64 meters/second, 1489.1 km/hour, 925.3 miles/hour or 804.1 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' 21.10"	15.42 mi	west	0° 00' 02.1"	0.04 mi	south	15.42 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 01.6"	925.04 mi	west	0° 02' 09.8"	2.48 mi	south	924.93 mi
24 hours	15° 04' 05.4"	970.14 mi	east	0° 07' 07.9"	8.18 mi	south	969.78 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
Alice Springs	Tue 2:00 AM	249 km	154 miles	134 nm	S
Darwin	Tue 2:00 AM	1052 km	653 miles	568 nm	NNW
Eucla	Tue 1:15 AM	1242 km	772 miles	670 nm	SSW
Cairns	Tue 2:30 AM	1333 km	829 miles	720 nm	ENE
Adelaide	Tue 2:00 AM	1559 km	969 miles	842 nm	SSE
Dili	Tue 1:30 AM	1688 km	1049 miles	912 nm	NNW
Port Moresby	Tue 2:30 AM	1937 km	1204 miles	1046 nm	NE
Brisbane	Tue 2:30 AM	2035 km	1265 miles	1099 nm	ESE
Melbourne	Tue 2:30 AM	2096 km	1302 miles	1132 nm	SSE
Canberra	Tue 2:30 AM	2125 km	1320 miles	1147 nm	SE