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 Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 17:30:00 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: 90%

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 Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 17:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 33'	South
Longitude:	134° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.81 meters/second, 1489.7 km/hour, 925.7 miles/hour or 804.4 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' 22.8"	15.43 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.03 mi	north	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 55.5"	925.42 mi	west	0° 01' 50.8"	2.12 mi	north	925.52 mi
24 hours	14° 29' 46.9"	932.77 mi	east	1° 24' 29.6"	96.89 mi	north	942.18 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	Wed 3:00 AM	253 km	157 miles	137 nm	SSW
Darwin	Wed 3:00 AM	1087 km	675 miles	587 nm	NNW
Eucla	Wed 2:15 AM	1262 km	784 miles	682 nm	SSW
Cairns	Wed 3:30 AM	1271 km	789 miles	686 nm	ENE
Adelaide	Wed 3:00 AM	1531 km	951 miles	827 nm	SSE
Dili	Wed 2:30 AM	1740 km	1081 miles	939 nm	NW
Port Moresby	Wed 3:30 AM	1891 km	1175 miles	1021 nm	NE
Brisbane	Wed 3:30 AM	1966 km	1222 miles	1061 nm	ESE
Melbourne	Wed 3:30 AM	2054 km	1277 miles	1109 nm	SSE
Canberra	Wed 3:30 AM	2071 km	1287 miles	1118 nm	SE