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 16:50:00 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: 95%

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 16:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 20'	South
Longitude:	132° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.67 meters/second, 1521.6 km/hour, 945.5 miles/hour or 821.6 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' 23.6"	15.76 mi	west	0° 00' 07.9"	0.15 mi	south	15.76 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 35.5"	945.23 mi	west	0° 07' 48.5"	8.95 mi	south	944.92 mi
24 hours	14° 41' 53.2"	965.24 mi	east	2° 27' 51.6"	169.52 mi	south	972.93 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
Alice Springs	Mon 2:20 AM	602 km	374 miles	325 nm	S
Darwin	Mon 2:20 AM	687 km	427 miles	371 nm	NNW
Dili	Mon 1:50 AM	1344 km	835 miles	726 nm	NW
Cairns	Mon 2:50 AM	1369 km	850 miles	739 nm	E
Eucla	Mon 1:35 AM	1535 km	954 miles	829 nm	SSW
Port Moresby	Mon 2:50 AM	1823 km	1133 miles	984 nm	ENE
Adelaide	Mon 2:20 AM	1923 km	1195 miles	1038 nm	SSE
Manokwari	Mon 1:50 AM	1935 km	1202 miles	1045 nm	N
Jayapura	Mon 1:50 AM	1940 km	1205 miles	1048 nm	NNE
Makassar	Mon 12:50 AM	2073 km	1288 miles	1119 nm	NW