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 09:10:00 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 09:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 15'	South
Longitude:	116° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.37 meters/second, 1531.3 km/hour, 951.5 miles/hour or 826.8 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' 56.0"	951.28 mi	west	0° 08' 48.6"	10.10 mi	south	950.96 mi
24 hours	14° 36' 28.3"	965.08 mi	east	2° 54' 07.2"	199.61 mi	south	977.65 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 4:10 AM	1325 km	823 miles	715 nm	SSE
Adamstown	Sun 1:10 AM	1640 km	1019 miles	886 nm	SW
Galapagos Islands	Sun 3:10 AM	3472 km	2158 miles	1875 nm	ENE
Papeete	Sat 11:10 PM	3492 km	2170 miles	1885 nm	W
Lima	Sun 4:10 AM	4300 km	2672 miles	2322 nm	E
Mexico City *	Sun 4:10 AM	4488 km	2788 miles	2423 nm	NNE
Rarotonga	Sat 11:10 PM	4540 km	2821 miles	2452 nm	WSW
Guatemala	Sun 3:10 AM	4546 km	2824 miles	2454 nm	NE
San Salvador	Sun 3:10 AM	4565 km	2836 miles	2465 nm	NE
Quito	Sun 4:10 AM	4585 km	2849 miles	2476 nm	ENE