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 Monday, April 30, 2012 at 14:28:00 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: 63%

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 Monday, April 30, 2012 at 14:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 15'	North
Longitude:	69° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.14 meters/second, 1598.9 km/hour, 993.5 miles/hour or 863.3 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"	16.56 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.56 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 40.6"	993.44 mi	west	0° 11' 35.5"	13.28 mi	south	993.77 mi
24 hours	11° 48' 58.3"	808.95 mi	east	4° 52' 08.2"	334.59 mi	south	879.10 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
Kulhudhuffushi	Mon 7:28 PM	436 km	271 miles	235 nm	ESE
Male	Mon 7:28 PM	634 km	394 miles	343 nm	SE
Mangalore	Mon 7:58 PM	777 km	483 miles	419 nm	NE
Thiruvananthapuram	Mon 7:58 PM	823 km	511 miles	444 nm	E
Madurai	Mon 7:58 PM	967 km	601 miles	522 nm	ENE
Bangalore	Mon 7:58 PM	1026 km	638 miles	554 nm	ENE
Anantapur	Mon 7:58 PM	1135 km	705 miles	613 nm	NE
Colombo	Mon 7:58 PM	1156 km	718 miles	624 nm	E
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Mon 7:58 PM	1162 km	722 miles	627 nm	E
Pune	Mon 7:58 PM	1230 km	764 miles	664 nm	NNE