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 Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 06:42:00 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: 4%

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 Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 06:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 59'	North
Longitude:	56° 30'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.21 meters/second, 1610.0 km/hour, 1000.4 miles/hour or 869.3 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' 34.0"	16.67 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.67 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 07.2"	1000.33 mi	west	0° 10' 35.10"	12.14 mi	north	1000.21 mi
24 hours	10° 25' 25.4"	715.74 mi	east	4° 03' 55.7"	279.42 mi	north	764.89 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
Bosaso	Thu 9:42 AM	935 km	581 miles	505 nm	WNW
Victoria	Thu 10:42 AM	1289 km	801 miles	696 nm	S
Mogadishu	Thu 9:42 AM	1355 km	842 miles	731 nm	WSW
Aden	Thu 9:42 AM	1418 km	881 miles	765 nm	WNW
Djibouti	Thu 9:42 AM	1553 km	965 miles	839 nm	WNW
Sana	Thu 9:42 AM	1630 km	1013 miles	880 nm	NW
Muscat	Thu 10:42 AM	1852 km	1151 miles	1000 nm	N
Male	Thu 11:42 AM	1909 km	1186 miles	1031 nm	E
Abu Dhabi	Thu 10:42 AM	1946 km	1209 miles	1051 nm	N
Addis Ababa	Thu 9:42 AM	1970 km	1224 miles	1064 nm	W