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, April 4, 2012 at 16:44:00 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: 94%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Friday, March 30, 2012 at 7:41 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Friday, April 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 16:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 52'	North
Longitude:	80° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.76 meters/second, 1612.0 km/hour, 1001.6 miles/hour or 870.4 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' 28.8"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 13.5"	0.26 mi	south	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 48.1"	1001.55 mi	west	0° 13' 29.7"	15.46 mi	south	1001.70 mi
24 hours	12° 40' 20.5"	876.52 mi	east	5° 26' 13.5"	373.60 mi	south	952.19 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
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Wed 10:14 PM	669 km	416 miles	361 nm	N
Colombo	Wed 10:14 PM	673 km	418 miles	363 nm	N
Addu City	Wed 9:44 PM	836 km	520 miles	452 nm	WSW
Male	Wed 9:44 PM	858 km	533 miles	463 nm	WNW
Thiruvananthapuram	Wed 10:14 PM	931 km	579 miles	503 nm	NNW
Madurai	Wed 10:14 PM	1035 km	643 miles	559 nm	NNW
Diego Garcia	Wed 10:44 PM	1275 km	792 miles	688 nm	SW
Chennai	Wed 10:14 PM	1351 km	840 miles	730 nm	N
Bangalore	Wed 10:14 PM	1377 km	856 miles	744 nm	NNW
Hyderãbãd	Wed 10:14 PM	1839 km	1143 miles	993 nm	N