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.

View Day and Night Map

Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 06:14:00 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: 24%

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 Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 06:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 47'	North
Longitude:	147° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.24 meters/second, 1563.3 km/hour, 971.4 miles/hour or 844.1 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' 31.1"	16.19 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	south	16.19 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 10.3"	971.22 mi	west	0° 08' 46.0"	10.05 mi	south	971.60 mi
24 hours	11° 28' 13.8"	767.32 mi	east	3° 50' 24.2"	263.99 mi	south	817.29 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
Saipan	Sat 4:14 PM	187 km	116 miles	101 nm	WNW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 4:14 PM	323 km	201 miles	174 nm	WSW
Palikir	Sat 5:14 PM	1460 km	907 miles	788 nm	SE
Melekeok	Sat 3:14 PM	1613 km	1002 miles	871 nm	WSW
Jayapura	Sat 3:14 PM	2054 km	1276 miles	1109 nm	SSW
Wake Island	Sat 6:14 PM	2104 km	1308 miles	1136 nm	ENE
Manokwari	Sat 3:14 PM	2272 km	1412 miles	1227 nm	SW
Yokohama	Sat 3:14 PM	2419 km	1503 miles	1306 nm	NNW
Tokyo	Sat 3:14 PM	2442 km	1518 miles	1319 nm	NNW
Nagoya	Sat 3:14 PM	2492 km	1548 miles	1345 nm	NNW