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 30, 2012 at 08:14:00 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: 45%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, March 30, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, March 30, 2012 at 08:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 57'	North
Longitude:	143° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.82 meters/second, 1507.8 km/hour, 936.9 miles/hour or 814.1 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' 29.8"	15.62 mi	west	0° 00' 03.4"	0.07 mi	south	15.62 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 48.8"	936.62 mi	west	0° 03' 31.6"	4.04 mi	south	936.81 mi
24 hours	12° 04' 57.0"	780.71 mi	east	1° 53' 48.3"	130.48 mi	south	796.25 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
Saipan	Fri 6:14 PM	697 km	433 miles	377 nm	SSE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Fri 6:14 PM	847 km	526 miles	457 nm	SSE
Hamamatsu	Fri 5:14 PM	1612 km	1001 miles	870 nm	NNW
Shizuoka	Fri 5:14 PM	1621 km	1007 miles	875 nm	NNW
Yokohama	Fri 5:14 PM	1641 km	1020 miles	886 nm	N
Kawasaki	Fri 5:14 PM	1649 km	1024 miles	890 nm	N
Sagamihara	Fri 5:14 PM	1660 km	1031 miles	896 nm	NNW
Tokyo	Fri 5:14 PM	1666 km	1035 miles	900 nm	N
Nagoya	Fri 5:14 PM	1686 km	1048 miles	910 nm	NNW
Osaka	Fri 5:14 PM	1691 km	1051 miles	913 nm	NNW