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 23:54:00 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: 86%
Position of the Moon
On Monday, April 9, 2012 at 23:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 21° 14' | South |
| Longitude: | 46° 01' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.76 meters/second, 1493.1 km/hour, 927.8 miles/hour or 806.2 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" | 15.46 mi | west | 0° 00' 03.2" | 0.06 mi | south | 15.46 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 23' 03.0" | 927.53 mi | west | 0° 03' 11.7" | 3.67 mi | south | 927.36 mi |
| 24 hours | 14° 40' 45.1" | 946.53 mi | east | 0° 33' 47.8" | 38.76 mi | south | 945.51 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 |
|---|
| Antsirabe | Tue 2:54 AM | 186 km | 115 miles | 100 nm |  NE |
| Antananarivo | Tue 2:54 AM | 302 km | 187 miles | 163 nm |  NNE |
| Toamasina | Tue 2:54 AM | 493 km | 306 miles | 266 nm | NE |
| Mamoutzou | Tue 2:54 AM | 940 km | 584 miles | 507 nm |  N |
| Saint-Denis | Tue 3:54 AM | 982 km | 610 miles | 530 nm |  E |
| Nampula | Tue 1:54 AM | 984 km | 612 miles | 532 nm |  NW |
| Mutsamudu | Tue 2:54 AM | 1019 km | 633 miles | 550 nm | N |
| Moroni | Tue 2:54 AM | 1098 km | 682 miles | 593 nm |  NNW |
| Port Louis | Tue 3:54 AM | 1202 km | 747 miles | 649 nm | E |
| Maputo | Tue 1:54 AM | 1466 km | 911 miles | 792 nm |  WSW |
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