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 Friday, March 9, 2012 at 19:44:00 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: 97%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, March 9, 2012 at 19:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 37'	South
Longitude:	82° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.22 meters/second, 1595.6 km/hour, 991.5 miles/hour or 861.6 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' 27.5"	16.52 mi	west	0° 00' 13.1"	0.25 mi	south	16.53 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 29.4"	991.34 mi	west	0° 13' 06.9"	15.02 mi	south	991.20 mi
24 hours	13° 12' 27.5"	905.61 mi	east	4° 58' 39.6"	342.14 mi	south	962.09 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
Diego Garcia	Sat 1:44 AM	1121 km	697 miles	605 nm	W
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sat 1:14 AM	1630 km	1013 miles	880 nm	N
Colombo	Sat 1:14 AM	1635 km	1016 miles	883 nm	N
Male	Sat 12:44 AM	1647 km	1023 miles	889 nm	NW
Thiruvananthapuram	Sat 1:14 AM	1888 km	1173 miles	1020 nm	NNW
Madurai	Sat 1:14 AM	2001 km	1243 miles	1080 nm	NNW
Chennai	Sat 1:14 AM	2303 km	1431 miles	1243 nm	N
Bangalore	Sat 1:14 AM	2343 km	1456 miles	1265 nm	NNW
Kuala Lumpur	Sat 3:44 AM	2435 km	1513 miles	1315 nm	ENE
Singapore	Sat 3:44 AM	2560 km	1591 miles	1382 nm	ENE