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 Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 09:08:00 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: 96%

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 Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 09:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 15'	South
Longitude:	116° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.38 meters/second, 1531.4 km/hour, 951.5 miles/hour or 826.9 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' 23.9"	15.86 mi	west	0° 00' 08.8"	0.17 mi	south	15.86 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 56.1"	951.31 mi	west	0° 08' 48.9"	10.11 mi	south	950.99 mi
24 hours	14° 36' 26.5"	965.08 mi	east	2° 54' 13.8"	199.74 mi	south	977.67 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
Easter Island *	Sun 4:08 AM	1297 km	806 miles	701 nm	SSE
Adamstown	Sun 1:08 AM	1683 km	1046 miles	909 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Sun 3:08 AM	3427 km	2130 miles	1851 nm	ENE
Papeete	Sat 11:08 PM	3543 km	2201 miles	1913 nm	W
Lima	Sun 4:08 AM	4249 km	2640 miles	2294 nm	E
Mexico City *	Sun 4:08 AM	4465 km	2774 miles	2411 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Sun 3:08 AM	4512 km	2804 miles	2436 nm	NE
San Salvador	Sun 3:08 AM	4529 km	2814 miles	2446 nm	NE
Quito	Sun 4:08 AM	4537 km	2819 miles	2450 nm	ENE
Rarotonga	Sat 11:08 PM	4590 km	2852 miles	2479 nm	WSW