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 09:18:00 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 09:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 16'	South
Longitude:	118° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.32 meters/second, 1531.1 km/hour, 951.4 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' 55.6"	951.17 mi	west	0° 08' 47.7"	10.08 mi	south	950.85 mi
24 hours	14° 36' 34.9"	965.10 mi	east	2° 53' 40.4"	199.10 mi	south	977.57 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 4:18 AM	1445 km	898 miles	780 nm	SE
Adamstown	Sun 1:18 AM	1473 km	915 miles	796 nm	SW
Papeete	Sat 11:18 PM	3288 km	2043 miles	1776 nm	W
Galapagos Islands	Sun 3:18 AM	3654 km	2271 miles	1973 nm	ENE
Rarotonga	Sat 11:18 PM	4341 km	2697 miles	2344 nm	WSW
Lima	Sun 4:18 AM	4504 km	2799 miles	2432 nm	E
Mexico City *	Sun 4:18 AM	4583 km	2848 miles	2475 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Sun 3:18 AM	4683 km	2910 miles	2529 nm	NE
San Salvador	Sun 3:18 AM	4708 km	2926 miles	2542 nm	NE
Kiritimati	Sun 11:18 PM	4750 km	2951 miles	2565 nm	WNW