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 13:42:00 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: 3%

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 13:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 13'	North
Longitude:	45° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.90 meters/second, 1605.2 km/hour, 997.4 miles/hour or 866.8 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"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	north	16.63 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 01.7"	997.38 mi	west	0° 10' 21.3"	11.86 mi	north	997.23 mi
24 hours	10° 28' 42.6"	717.46 mi	east	3° 56' 46.5"	271.24 mi	north	763.16 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
Cayenne	Thu 10:42 AM	841 km	522 miles	454 nm	WSW
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	Thu 10:42 AM	992 km	617 miles	536 nm	WSW
Paramaribo	Thu 10:42 AM	1103 km	686 miles	596 nm	WSW
Belém	Thu 10:42 AM	1119 km	696 miles	604 nm	SSW
Georgetown	Thu 9:42 AM	1409 km	876 miles	761 nm	W
Fortaleza	Thu 10:42 AM	1528 km	949 miles	825 nm	SSE
Bridgetown	Thu 9:42 AM	1639 km	1019 miles	885 nm	WNW
Port of Spain	Thu 9:42 AM	1782 km	1107 miles	962 nm	W
Kingstown	Thu 9:42 AM	1808 km	1123 miles	976 nm	WNW
Castries	Thu 9:42 AM	1812 km	1126 miles	978 nm	WNW