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 Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 00:58:00 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 Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 00:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 33'	South
Longitude:	12° 31'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.30 meters/second, 1574.3 km/hour, 978.2 miles/hour or 850.0 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' 25.7"	16.30 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.30 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 49.1"	978.05 mi	west	0° 12' 04.5"	13.84 mi	south	977.79 mi
24 hours	13° 57' 29.4"	946.05 mi	east	4° 25' 34.9"	304.32 mi	south	985.77 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
Jamestown	Sat 12:58 AM	881 km	547 miles	476 nm	SE
Monrovia	Sat 12:58 AM	1985 km	1233 miles	1072 nm	N
Abidjan	Sat 12:58 AM	2089 km	1298 miles	1128 nm	NNE
Yamoussoukro	Sat 12:58 AM	2184 km	1357 miles	1179 nm	NNE
Freetown	Sat 12:58 AM	2217 km	1378 miles	1197 nm	N
Accra	Sat 12:58 AM	2331 km	1448 miles	1259 nm	NE
Conakry	Sat 12:58 AM	2332 km	1449 miles	1259 nm	N
Lome	Sat 12:58 AM	2477 km	1539 miles	1338 nm	NE
Recife	Fri 9:58 PM	2482 km	1542 miles	1340 nm	W
São Tomé	Sat 12:58 AM	2502 km	1555 miles	1351 nm	ENE