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 Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 04:18:00 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: 42%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Friday, April 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 04:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 06'	South
Longitude:	37° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.91 meters/second, 1558.5 km/hour, 968.4 miles/hour or 841.5 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' 29.7"	16.14 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	north	16.14 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 48.0"	968.26 mi	west	0° 09' 03.1"	10.37 mi	north	968.66 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 25.7"	783.11 mi	east	3° 53' 34.3"	267.63 mi	north	833.75 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
Nampula	Sat 6:18 AM	210 km	130 miles	113 nm	E
Zomba	Sat 6:18 AM	216 km	134 miles	116 nm	W
Blantyre	Sat 6:18 AM	259 km	161 miles	140 nm	WSW
Lilongwe	Sat 6:18 AM	400 km	249 miles	216 nm	WNW
Beira	Sat 6:18 AM	587 km	365 miles	317 nm	SSW
Mutare	Sat 6:18 AM	655 km	407 miles	354 nm	SW
Harare	Sat 6:18 AM	734 km	456 miles	396 nm	WSW
Moroni	Sat 7:18 AM	753 km	468 miles	407 nm	ENE
Mutsamudu	Sat 7:18 AM	833 km	518 miles	450 nm	ENE
Mamoutzou	Sat 7:18 AM	894 km	555 miles	483 nm	ENE