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 07:42:00 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

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 07:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 13'	North
Longitude:	52° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.76 meters/second, 1590.3 km/hour, 988.2 miles/hour or 858.7 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' 40.0"	988.07 mi	west	0° 09' 34.4"	10.97 mi	north	987.86 mi
24 hours	10° 39' 36.7"	723.41 mi	east	3° 34' 52.2"	246.20 mi	north	759.47 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	Fri 10:42 AM	348 km	216 miles	188 nm	W
Salalah	Fri 11:42 AM	668 km	415 miles	361 nm	NNE
Aden	Fri 10:42 AM	822 km	511 miles	444 nm	WNW
Hargeisa	Fri 10:42 AM	928 km	576 miles	501 nm	W
Sana	Fri 10:42 AM	995 km	618 miles	537 nm	WNW
Djibouti	Fri 10:42 AM	1008 km	626 miles	544 nm	W
Mogadishu	Fri 10:42 AM	1278 km	794 miles	690 nm	SW
Abu Dhabi	Fri 11:42 AM	1481 km	920 miles	800 nm	N
Addis Ababa	Fri 10:42 AM	1512 km	939 miles	816 nm	W
Muscat	Fri 11:42 AM	1520 km	944 miles	821 nm	NNE