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 Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 15:18:00 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: 52%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 3:35 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 15:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 26'	North
Longitude:	45° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.36 meters/second, 1578.1 km/hour, 980.6 miles/hour or 852.1 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' 30.7"	16.34 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	south	16.34 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.7"	980.45 mi	west	0° 10' 04.1"	11.53 mi	south	980.83 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 28.5"	789.83 mi	east	4° 20' 30.1"	298.43 mi	south	849.76 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
Aden	Sun 6:18 PM	87 km	54 miles	47 nm	WNW
Djibouti	Sun 6:18 PM	293 km	182 miles	158 nm	WSW
Tadjoura	Sun 6:18 PM	315 km	196 miles	170 nm	WSW
Ali Sabieh	Sun 6:18 PM	355 km	221 miles	192 nm	WSW
Sana	Sun 6:18 PM	362 km	225 miles	196 nm	NNW
Hargeisa	Sun 6:18 PM	365 km	227 miles	197 nm	SSW
Bosaso	Sun 6:18 PM	401 km	249 miles	216 nm	ESE
Dire Dawa	Sun 6:18 PM	524 km	326 miles	283 nm	SW
Mek'ele	Sun 6:18 PM	685 km	426 miles	370 nm	W
Asmara	Sun 6:18 PM	798 km	496 miles	431 nm	WNW