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 19:54:00 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: 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 19:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 39'	South
Longitude:	80° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.18 meters/second, 1595.4 km/hour, 991.4 miles/hour or 861.5 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' 27.5"	16.52 mi	west	0° 00' 13.1"	0.25 mi	south	16.52 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 28.9"	991.25 mi	west	0° 13' 06.5"	15.01 mi	south	991.11 mi
24 hours	13° 12' 38.3"	905.74 mi	east	4° 58' 24.1"	341.84 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 1:54 AM	855 km	531 miles	462 nm	W
Male	Sat 12:54 AM	1502 km	933 miles	811 nm	NNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sat 1:24 AM	1608 km	999 miles	868 nm	N
Colombo	Sat 1:24 AM	1611 km	1001 miles	870 nm	N
Thiruvananthapuram	Sat 1:24 AM	1822 km	1132 miles	984 nm	NNW
Madurai	Sat 1:24 AM	1956 km	1215 miles	1056 nm	N
Chennai	Sat 1:24 AM	2293 km	1425 miles	1238 nm	N
Bangalore	Sat 1:24 AM	2299 km	1428 miles	1241 nm	N
Kuala Lumpur	Sat 3:54 AM	2673 km	1661 miles	1443 nm	ENE
Victoria	Fri 11:54 PM	2755 km	1712 miles	1487 nm	W