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, April 6, 2012 at 19:24:00 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%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Friday, April 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Friday, April 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 24'	South
Longitude:	67° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.17 meters/second, 1581.0 km/hour, 982.4 miles/hour or 853.7 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' 26.1"	16.37 mi	west	0° 00' 12.4"	0.24 mi	south	16.37 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 10.2"	982.23 mi	west	0° 12' 27.6"	14.28 mi	south	982.00 mi
24 hours	13° 49' 15.7"	940.38 mi	east	4° 37' 30.7"	317.97 mi	south	985.10 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	Sat 1:24 AM	609 km	378 miles	329 nm	ENE
Victoria	Fri 11:24 PM	1508 km	937 miles	814 nm	WNW
Port Louis	Fri 11:24 PM	1547 km	961 miles	835 nm	SW
Male	Sat 12:24 AM	1731 km	1076 miles	935 nm	NNE
Saint-Denis	Fri 11:24 PM	1760 km	1094 miles	950 nm	SW
Thiruvananthapuram	Sat 12:54 AM	2322 km	1443 miles	1254 nm	NNE
Colombo	Sat 12:54 AM	2335 km	1451 miles	1261 nm	NE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sat 12:54 AM	2335 km	1451 miles	1261 nm	NE
Antananarivo	Fri 10:24 PM	2379 km	1478 miles	1284 nm	WSW
Madurai	Sat 12:54 AM	2520 km	1566 miles	1361 nm	NNE