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 Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 13:28:00 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 hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

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 Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 13:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 23'	North
Longitude:	33° 20'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.39 meters/second, 1621.4 km/hour, 1007.5 miles/hour or 875.5 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' 33.8"	16.79 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.79 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 52.3"	1007.49 mi	west	0° 11' 31.9"	13.21 mi	north	1007.56 mi
24 hours	10° 24' 40.2"	720.18 mi	east	4° 32' 43.5"	312.33 mi	north	784.13 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
Fernando de Noronha	Wed 11:28 AM	484 km	301 miles	261 nm	SSE
Fortaleza	Wed 10:28 AM	742 km	461 miles	400 nm	SW
Recife	Wed 10:28 AM	953 km	592 miles	515 nm	S
Salvador	Wed 10:28 AM	1582 km	983 miles	854 nm	SSW
Belém	Wed 10:28 AM	1699 km	1056 miles	917 nm	W
Praia	Wed 12:28 PM	1937 km	1203 miles	1046 nm	NNE
Cayenne	Wed 10:28 AM	2172 km	1349 miles	1173 nm	WNW
Bissau	Wed 1:28 PM	2336 km	1452 miles	1261 nm	NE
Banjul	Wed 1:28 PM	2346 km	1458 miles	1267 nm	NE
Dakar	Wed 1:28 PM	2358 km	1465 miles	1273 nm	NE