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 Friday, April 20, 2012 at 07:26:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

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 Friday, April 20, 2012 at 07:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 10'	North
Longitude:	56° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.82 meters/second, 1590.6 km/hour, 988.3 miles/hour or 858.8 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' 33.6"	16.47 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.47 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 40.2"	988.23 mi	west	0° 09' 35.3"	10.99 mi	north	988.02 mi
24 hours	10° 39' 25.8"	723.30 mi	east	3° 35' 13.9"	246.61 mi	north	759.51 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
Salalah	Fri 11:26 AM	687 km	427 miles	371 nm	NNW
Bosaso	Fri 10:26 AM	772 km	480 miles	417 nm	W
Aden	Fri 10:26 AM	1239 km	770 miles	669 nm	W
Sana	Fri 10:26 AM	1383 km	859 miles	747 nm	WNW
Muscat	Fri 11:26 AM	1398 km	868 miles	755 nm	N
Djibouti	Fri 10:26 AM	1431 km	889 miles	773 nm	W
Abu Dhabi	Fri 11:26 AM	1483 km	922 miles	801 nm	N
Dubai	Fri 11:26 AM	1564 km	972 miles	844 nm	N
Mogadishu	Fri 10:26 AM	1573 km	977 miles	849 nm	SW
Doha	Fri 10:26 AM	1640 km	1019 miles	885 nm	NNW