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 Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 16:42:00 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: 73%

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 Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 16:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 37'	South
Longitude:	174° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.01 meters/second, 1533.6 km/hour, 953.0 miles/hour or 828.1 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' 27.0"	15.88 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	north	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 04.3"	952.81 mi	west	0° 07' 47.1"	8.92 mi	north	953.19 mi
24 hours	347° 17' 04.1"	838.41 mi	west	3° 29' 44.4"	240.38 mi	north	879.46 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
Nadi	Fri 4:42 AM	320 km	199 miles	173 nm	E
Lautoka	Fri 4:42 AM	324 km	201 miles	175 nm	E
Suva	Fri 4:42 AM	430 km	267 miles	232 nm	E
Port Vila	Fri 3:42 AM	646 km	401 miles	349 nm	W
Noumea	Fri 3:42 AM	978 km	608 miles	528 nm	WSW
Funafuti	Fri 4:42 AM	1134 km	705 miles	613 nm	NNE
Nukualofa	Fri 5:42 AM	1159 km	720 miles	626 nm	ESE
Apia	Fri 5:42 AM	1539 km	956 miles	831 nm	ENE
Alofi	Thu 5:42 AM	1664 km	1034 miles	899 nm	E
Fakaofo	Fri 5:42 AM	1802 km	1120 miles	973 nm	ENE