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 Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 07:48:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 5:04 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 10:35 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 07:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 43'	South
Longitude:	57° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.25 meters/second, 1599.3 km/hour, 993.8 miles/hour or 863.6 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' 31.8"	16.56 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	north	16.56 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 57.9"	993.71 mi	west	0° 11' 19.8"	12.98 mi	north	994.05 mi
24 hours	10° 59' 42.2"	751.83 mi	east	4° 38' 26.1"	318.91 mi	north	820.19 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
Victoria	Tue 11:48 AM	507 km	315 miles	274 nm	NNW
Port Louis	Tue 11:48 AM	1267 km	787 miles	684 nm	S
Saint-Denis	Tue 11:48 AM	1364 km	847 miles	736 nm	S
Antananarivo	Tue 10:48 AM	1562 km	970 miles	843 nm	SW
Moroni	Tue 10:48 AM	1590 km	988 miles	858 nm	WSW
Diego Garcia	Tue 1:48 PM	1649 km	1025 miles	891 nm	E
Mogadishu	Tue 10:48 AM	1801 km	1119 miles	972 nm	NW
Dar es Salaam	Tue 10:48 AM	2022 km	1256 miles	1092 nm	W
Male	Tue 12:48 PM	2277 km	1415 miles	1229 nm	NE
Dodoma	Tue 10:48 AM	2420 km	1504 miles	1307 nm	W