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 Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 15:08:00 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: 74%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 1:22 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 15:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 06'	North
Longitude:	74° 17'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.74 meters/second, 1514.7 km/hour, 941.2 miles/hour or 817.8 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' 28.9"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 05.2"	0.10 mi	south	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 57.6"	940.91 mi	west	0° 05' 19.2"	6.10 mi	south	941.20 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 14.0"	807.01 mi	east	2° 37' 53.3"	181.00 mi	south	833.36 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
Shirdi	Sat 8:38 PM	42 km	26 miles	23 nm	SSE
Nashik	Sat 8:38 PM	53 km	33 miles	29 nm	WSW
Dhule	Sat 8:38 PM	103 km	64 miles	55 nm	NNE
Aurangabad	Sat 8:38 PM	117 km	73 miles	63 nm	ESE
Ahmednagar	Sat 8:38 PM	121 km	75 miles	65 nm	SSE
Amalner	Sat 8:38 PM	132 km	82 miles	71 nm	NE
Silvassa	Sat 8:38 PM	134 km	84 miles	73 nm	W
Nandurbar	Sat 8:38 PM	140 km	87 miles	76 nm	N
Daman	Sat 8:38 PM	155 km	96 miles	83 nm	WNW
Navsari	Sat 8:38 PM	166 km	103 miles	89 nm	WNW