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 Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 15:16:00 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: 16%

Previous phase	New Moon	Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 9:58 AM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 15:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 40'	North
Longitude:	1° 04'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.03 meters/second, 1501.3 km/hour, 932.9 miles/hour or 810.6 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' 30.2"	15.55 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 15.5"	932.59 mi	west	0° 01' 03.2"	1.21 mi	south	932.64 mi
24 hours	11° 54' 26.1"	765.69 mi	east	0° 53' 59.2"	61.91 mi	south	770.53 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
Niamey	Wed 4:16 PM	963 km	598 miles	520 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Wed 3:16 PM	1029 km	640 miles	556 nm	S
Bamako	Wed 3:16 PM	1240 km	770 miles	669 nm	SW
Marrakech	Wed 3:16 PM	1301 km	809 miles	703 nm	NNW
El Aaiún	Wed 3:16 PM	1372 km	852 miles	741 nm	WNW
Fes	Wed 3:16 PM	1425 km	885 miles	769 nm	NNW
Casablanca	Wed 3:16 PM	1472 km	914 miles	795 nm	NNW
Kano	Wed 4:16 PM	1478 km	918 miles	798 nm	SE
Rabat	Wed 3:16 PM	1484 km	922 miles	801 nm	NNW
Nouakchott	Wed 3:16 PM	1610 km	1000 miles	869 nm	WSW