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 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 17:42:00 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: 16%

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 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 17:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 57'	North
Longitude:	133° 08'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.23 meters/second, 1606.4 km/hour, 998.2 miles/hour or 867.4 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' 34.0"	16.64 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	north	16.64 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 07.8"	998.13 mi	west	0° 10' 20.7"	11.85 mi	north	997.99 mi
24 hours	10° 25' 42.4"	714.48 mi	east	3° 56' 52.9"	271.36 mi	north	760.54 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
Kiritimati	Thu 7:42 AM	2766 km	1718 miles	1493 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Wed 7:42 AM	3038 km	1888 miles	1641 nm	WNW
Los Angeles *	Wed 10:42 AM	3269 km	2031 miles	1765 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Wed 10:42 AM	3294 km	2047 miles	1779 nm	NE
Papeete	Wed 7:42 AM	3348 km	2081 miles	1808 nm	SSW
San Francisco *	Wed 10:42 AM	3474 km	2159 miles	1876 nm	NNE
Phoenix	Wed 10:42 AM	3559 km	2211 miles	1921 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Wed 10:42 AM	3616 km	2247 miles	1953 nm	NNE
Adamstown	Wed 9:42 AM	3667 km	2279 miles	1980 nm	S
Mexico City *	Wed 12:42 PM	3881 km	2412 miles	2096 nm	ENE