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 Monday, April 9, 2012 at 19:08:00 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: 87%

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 Monday, April 9, 2012 at 19:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 57'	South
Longitude:	114° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.56 meters/second, 1496.0 km/hour, 929.6 miles/hour or 807.8 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' 23.0"	15.49 mi	west	0° 00' 04.0"	0.08 mi	south	15.49 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 01.8"	929.31 mi	west	0° 03' 56.2"	4.52 mi	south	929.12 mi
24 hours	14° 43' 30.0"	951.34 mi	east	0° 51' 31.8"	59.09 mi	south	950.41 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
Perth	Tue 3:08 AM	1226 km	762 miles	662 nm	S
Denpasar	Tue 3:08 AM	1361 km	846 miles	735 nm	N
Malang	Tue 2:08 AM	1448 km	900 miles	782 nm	N
Surabaya	Tue 2:08 AM	1527 km	949 miles	825 nm	N
Bandung	Tue 2:08 AM	1724 km	1071 miles	931 nm	NNW
Dili	Tue 4:08 AM	1810 km	1125 miles	977 nm	NE
Makassar	Tue 3:08 AM	1826 km	1134 miles	986 nm	NNE
Jakarta	Tue 2:08 AM	1840 km	1143 miles	994 nm	NNW
Eucla	Tue 3:53 AM	1855 km	1153 miles	1002 nm	SE
Darwin	Tue 4:38 AM	1971 km	1224 miles	1064 nm	ENE