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 15:58:00 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: 53%

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 15:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 20'	North
Longitude:	36° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.54 meters/second, 1578.8 km/hour, 981.0 miles/hour or 852.5 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"	16.35 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	south	16.35 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.7"	980.87 mi	west	0° 10' 06.9"	11.59 mi	south	981.25 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 34.1"	790.27 mi	east	4° 21' 33.1"	299.63 mi	south	850.56 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
Teseney	Sun 6:58 PM	316 km	196 miles	170 nm	NNE
Kassala	Sun 6:58 PM	348 km	216 miles	188 nm	N
Mek'ele	Sun 6:58 PM	396 km	246 miles	214 nm	ENE
Asmara	Sun 6:58 PM	459 km	285 miles	248 nm	NE
Keren	Sun 6:58 PM	464 km	288 miles	250 nm	NE
Addis Ababa	Sun 6:58 PM	472 km	294 miles	255 nm	SE
Khartoum	Sun 6:58 PM	523 km	325 miles	282 nm	NW
Adama	Sun 6:58 PM	550 km	341 miles	297 nm	SE
Malakal	Sun 6:58 PM	568 km	353 miles	307 nm	WSW
Dire Dawa	Sun 6:58 PM	706 km	439 miles	381 nm	ESE