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 15, 2012 at 19:32:00 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: 23%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 19:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 60'	North
Longitude:	170° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.50 meters/second, 1618.2 km/hour, 1005.5 miles/hour or 873.8 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' 34.2"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.76 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 13.9"	1005.48 mi	west	0° 11' 00.4"	12.61 mi	north	1005.45 mi
24 hours	10° 19' 01.5"	711.97 mi	east	4° 16' 28.4"	293.75 mi	north	767.87 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
Baker Island	Tue 7:32 AM	818 km	509 miles	442 nm	WSW
Rawaki	Wed 8:32 AM	855 km	531 miles	462 nm	S
Kiritimati	Wed 9:32 AM	1445 km	898 miles	780 nm	E
Fakaofo	Wed 8:32 AM	1482 km	921 miles	800 nm	S
Funafuti	Wed 7:32 AM	1818 km	1129 miles	981 nm	SW
Tarawa	Wed 7:32 AM	1894 km	1177 miles	1022 nm	W
Apia	Wed 8:32 AM	1979 km	1230 miles	1069 nm	S
Majuro	Wed 7:32 AM	2094 km	1301 miles	1131 nm	W
Honolulu	Tue 9:32 AM	2333 km	1450 miles	1260 nm	NNE
Alofi	Tue 8:32 AM	2549 km	1584 miles	1376 nm	S