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 23, 2012 at 01:58:00 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: 4%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, May 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 01:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 31'	North
Longitude:	173° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.37 meters/second, 1502.5 km/hour, 933.6 miles/hour or 811.3 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' 30.2"	15.56 mi	west	0° 00' 01.5"	0.03 mi	south	15.56 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 09.3"	933.36 mi	west	0° 01' 35.3"	1.82 mi	south	933.45 mi
24 hours	348° 04' 39.4"	767.39 mi	west	1° 06' 39.3"	76.43 mi	south	774.05 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
Wake Island	Wed 1:58 PM	805 km	500 miles	435 nm	WSW
Midway	Tue 2:58 PM	1144 km	711 miles	618 nm	NE
Majuro	Wed 1:58 PM	1618 km	1005 miles	874 nm	S
Tarawa	Wed 1:58 PM	2227 km	1384 miles	1202 nm	S
Palikir	Wed 12:58 PM	2347 km	1458 miles	1267 nm	SW
Yaren	Wed 1:58 PM	2558 km	1590 miles	1381 nm	SSW
Baker Island	Tue 1:58 PM	2577 km	1601 miles	1391 nm	SSE
Honolulu	Tue 3:58 PM	2915 km	1811 miles	1574 nm	E
Guam (Hagåtña)	Wed 11:58 AM	3224 km	2003 miles	1741 nm	WSW
Funafuti	Wed 1:58 PM	3371 km	2095 miles	1820 nm	S