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 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 10:42:00 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: 72%

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 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 10:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 35'	South
Longitude:	94° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.41 meters/second, 1491.9 km/hour, 927.0 miles/hour or 805.5 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' 24.3"	15.45 mi	west	0° 00' 02.0"	0.04 mi	north	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 21.5"	926.76 mi	west	0° 02' 05.2"	2.40 mi	north	926.88 mi
24 hours	13° 55' 27.3"	895.80 mi	east	1° 27' 16.4"	100.07 mi	north	905.73 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 *	Wed 5:42 AM	1592 km	989 miles	859 nm	WSW
Lima	Wed 5:42 AM	2167 km	1346 miles	1170 nm	ENE
Galapagos Islands	Wed 4:42 AM	2357 km	1465 miles	1273 nm	NNE
Santiago *	Wed 7:42 AM	2715 km	1687 miles	1466 nm	SE
La Paz	Wed 6:42 AM	2862 km	1778 miles	1545 nm	E
Quito	Wed 5:42 AM	2953 km	1835 miles	1595 nm	NE
Sucre	Wed 6:42 AM	3096 km	1924 miles	1672 nm	E
Córdoba	Wed 7:42 AM	3232 km	2008 miles	1745 nm	ESE
Adamstown	Wed 2:42 AM	3618 km	2248 miles	1954 nm	WSW
Bogota	Wed 5:42 AM	3678 km	2286 miles	1986 nm	NE