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 Friday, May 11, 2012 at 17:32:00 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: 62%

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 Friday, May 11, 2012 at 17:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 60'	South
Longitude:	175° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.90 meters/second, 1565.6 km/hour, 972.8 miles/hour or 845.4 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' 29.3"	16.21 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.18 mi	north	16.22 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 29.3"	972.74 mi	west	0° 09' 41.6"	11.11 mi	north	973.14 mi
24 hours	348° 11' 24.3"	792.78 mi	west	4° 06' 46.0"	282.72 mi	north	847.68 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
Lautoka	Sat 5:32 AM	476 km	296 miles	257 nm	SSE
Nadi	Sat 5:32 AM	492 km	306 miles	266 nm	SSE
Suva	Sat 5:32 AM	584 km	363 miles	315 nm	SE
Funafuti	Sat 5:32 AM	758 km	471 miles	409 nm	NE
Port Vila	Sat 4:32 AM	831 km	516 miles	449 nm	WSW
Noumea	Sat 4:32 AM	1290 km	801 miles	696 nm	SW
Nukualofa	Sat 6:32 AM	1301 km	808 miles	702 nm	SE
Apia	Sat 6:32 AM	1425 km	885 miles	769 nm	E
Fakaofo	Sat 6:32 AM	1581 km	982 miles	853 nm	ENE
Alofi	Fri 6:32 AM	1699 km	1056 miles	917 nm	ESE