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.
View Day and Night Map
Map notes
- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 17:48:00 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: 100%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, April 6, 2012 at 17:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 10° 04' | South |
| Longitude: | 90° 56' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.68 meters/second, 1582.8 km/hour, 983.5 miles/hour or 854.7 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' 26.3" | 16.39 mi | west | 0° 00' 12.5" | 0.24 mi | south | 16.39 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 26' 16.2" | 983.38 mi | west | 0° 12' 33.8" | 14.39 mi | south | 983.16 mi |
| 24 hours | 13° 46' 52.3" | 938.66 mi | east | 4° 40' 42.4" | 321.62 mi | south | 984.79 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 |
|---|
| Bengkulu | Sat 12:48 AM | 1432 km | 890 miles | 773 nm |  ENE |
| Palembang | Sat 12:48 AM | 1718 km | 1068 miles | 928 nm | ENE |
| Medan | Sat 12:48 AM | 1736 km | 1079 miles | 937 nm |  NNE |
| Jakarta | Sat 12:48 AM | 1804 km | 1121 miles | 974 nm | ENE |
| Bandung | Sat 12:48 AM | 1869 km | 1161 miles | 1009 nm |  E |
| Kuala Lumpur | Sat 1:48 AM | 1886 km | 1172 miles | 1019 nm |  NE |
| Singapore | Sat 1:48 AM | 1905 km | 1184 miles | 1028 nm | NE |
| Diego Garcia | Fri 11:48 PM | 2059 km | 1279 miles | 1112 nm |  W |
| Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | Fri 11:18 PM | 2237 km | 1390 miles | 1208 nm |  NNW |
| Colombo | Fri 11:18 PM | 2243 km | 1394 miles | 1211 nm | NNW |
Advertising
Astronomy calculators
More information
Related time zone tools
