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 Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 06:54:00 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: 76%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Monday, May 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 06:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 38'	South
Longitude:	163° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.49 meters/second, 1592.9 km/hour, 989.8 miles/hour or 860.1 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' 28.2"	16.50 mi	west	0° 00' 12.2"	0.23 mi	south	16.50 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 13.3"	989.68 mi	west	0° 12' 17.2"	14.08 mi	south	989.51 mi
24 hours	13° 04' 57.5"	894.78 mi	east	4° 41' 11.2"	322.14 mi	south	944.83 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
Fakaofo	Thu 7:54 PM	840 km	522 miles	454 nm	W
Rawaki	Thu 7:54 PM	953 km	592 miles	515 nm	NW
Pago Pago	Wed 7:54 PM	992 km	616 miles	536 nm	SW
Apia	Thu 7:54 PM	1059 km	658 miles	572 nm	SW
Alofi	Wed 7:54 PM	1338 km	831 miles	722 nm	SSW
Kiritimati	Thu 8:54 PM	1355 km	842 miles	731 nm	NNE
Rarotonga	Wed 8:54 PM	1454 km	904 miles	785 nm	SSE
Baker Island	Wed 6:54 PM	1727 km	1073 miles	933 nm	NW
Papeete	Wed 8:54 PM	1814 km	1127 miles	979 nm	SE
Nukualofa	Thu 7:54 PM	1859 km	1155 miles	1004 nm	SW