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 Monday, March 19, 2012 at 03:48:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 12%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 19, 2012 at 03:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 30'	South
Longitude:	85° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.86 meters/second, 1590.7 km/hour, 988.4 miles/hour or 858.9 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' 31.7"	16.47 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.47 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 51.7"	988.36 mi	west	0° 10' 39.5"	12.21 mi	north	988.71 mi
24 hours	11° 01' 32.6"	749.97 mi	east	4° 25' 03.5"	303.61 mi	north	813.35 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	Mon 9:48 AM	1509 km	938 miles	815 nm	WNW
Bengkulu	Mon 10:48 AM	1966 km	1222 miles	1062 nm	ENE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Mon 9:18 AM	2030 km	1261 miles	1096 nm	NNW
Colombo	Mon 9:18 AM	2035 km	1264 miles	1099 nm	NNW
Male	Mon 8:48 AM	2117 km	1316 miles	1143 nm	NW
Thiruvananthapuram	Mon 9:18 AM	2318 km	1440 miles	1252 nm	NNW
Kuala Lumpur	Mon 11:48 AM	2322 km	1443 miles	1254 nm	NE
Jakarta	Mon 10:48 AM	2367 km	1471 miles	1278 nm	E
Singapore	Mon 11:48 AM	2390 km	1485 miles	1290 nm	ENE
Madurai	Mon 9:18 AM	2412 km	1499 miles	1303 nm	NNW