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, April 28, 2010 at 00:18:00 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: 100%
Position of the Moon
On Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 00:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 16° 22' | South |
| Longitude: | 13° 28' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.29 meters/second, 1545.4 km/hour, 960.3 miles/hour or 834.5 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' 27.8" | 16.00 mi | west | 0° 00' 11.6" | 0.22 mi | south | 16.01 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 27' 48.8" | 960.03 mi | west | 0° 11' 36.5" | 13.31 mi | south | 959.65 mi |
| 24 hours | 13° 04' 07.5" | 867.48 mi | east | 4° 07' 25.5" | 283.64 mi | south | 903.22 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 |
|---|
| Jamestown | Wed 12:18 AM | 829 km | 515 miles | 448 nm |  E |
| Recife | Tue 9:18 PM | 2501 km | 1554 miles | 1351 nm |  WNW |
| Monrovia | Wed 12:18 AM | 2526 km | 1569 miles | 1364 nm |  N |
| Abidjan | Wed 12:18 AM | 2614 km | 1624 miles | 1412 nm |  NNE |
| Yamoussoukro | Wed 12:18 AM | 2718 km | 1689 miles | 1468 nm | NNE |
| Freetown | Wed 12:18 AM | 2749 km | 1708 miles | 1484 nm | N |
| Accra | Wed 12:18 AM | 2829 km | 1758 miles | 1528 nm | NNE |
| Conakry | Wed 12:18 AM | 2862 km | 1778 miles | 1545 nm | N |
| São Tomé | Wed 12:18 AM | 2886 km | 1793 miles | 1558 nm |  NE |
| Lome | Wed 12:18 AM | 2967 km | 1844 miles | 1602 nm | NE |
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