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 Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 11:34:00 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: 81%

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 Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 11:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 42'	South
Longitude:	121° 49'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.55 meters/second, 1488.8 km/hour, 925.1 miles/hour or 803.9 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' 23.2"	15.42 mi	west	0° 00' 01.5"	0.03 mi	south	15.42 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 15.9"	924.84 mi	west	0° 01' 22.5"	1.58 mi	south	924.76 mi
24 hours	14° 30' 10.4"	932.23 mi	east	0° 08' 54.3"	10.21 mi	north	932.77 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
Adamstown	Tue 3:34 AM	925 km	575 miles	499 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Tue 6:34 AM	1399 km	869 miles	755 nm	ESE
Papeete	Tue 1:34 AM	2943 km	1829 miles	1589 nm	W
Rarotonga	Tue 1:34 AM	3925 km	2439 miles	2119 nm	W
Galapagos Islands	Tue 5:34 AM	4183 km	2599 miles	2259 nm	ENE
Kiritimati	Wed 1:34 AM	4660 km	2896 miles	2516 nm	WNW
Lima	Tue 6:34 AM	4872 km	3027 miles	2631 nm	E
Alofi	Tue 12:34 AM	5010 km	3113 miles	2705 nm	W
Santiago *	Tue 8:34 AM	5163 km	3208 miles	2788 nm	ESE
Mexico City *	Tue 6:34 AM	5176 km	3216 miles	2795 nm	NNE