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 Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 21:18:00 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: 45%

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 Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 21:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 14'	North
Longitude:	53° 04'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.09 meters/second, 1559.1 km/hour, 968.8 miles/hour or 841.9 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' 30.6"	16.15 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	south	16.15 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 44.0"	968.64 mi	west	0° 08' 39.0"	9.91 mi	south	969.02 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 04.1"	779.95 mi	east	3° 49' 30.5"	262.98 mi	south	829.22 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
Bridgetown	Sat 5:18 PM	745 km	463 miles	402 nm	WSW
Castries	Sat 5:18 PM	863 km	536 miles	466 nm	W
Fort-de-France	Sat 5:18 PM	864 km	537 miles	466 nm	W
Vieux Fort	Sat 5:18 PM	866 km	538 miles	468 nm	W
Roseau	Sat 5:18 PM	893 km	555 miles	482 nm	W
Kingstown	Sat 5:18 PM	910 km	565 miles	491 nm	WSW
Pointe-à-Pitre	Sat 5:18 PM	914 km	568 miles	494 nm	W
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)	Sat 5:18 PM	933 km	579 miles	504 nm	W
Scarborough	Sat 5:18 PM	944 km	587 miles	510 nm	WSW
Saint John's (Antigua)	Sat 5:18 PM	962 km	598 miles	519 nm	WNW