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 18:18:00 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: 64%

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 18:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 31'	North
Longitude:	13° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.91 meters/second, 1601.7 km/hour, 995.2 miles/hour or 864.8 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"	16.59 mi	west	0° 00' 11.7"	0.22 mi	south	16.59 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 37.2"	995.16 mi	west	0° 11' 48.3"	13.52 mi	south	995.48 mi
24 hours	11° 51' 07.3"	812.86 mi	east	4° 56' 18.7"	339.37 mi	south	884.18 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
Garoua	Mon 7:18 PM	204 km	127 miles	110 nm	NNW
Moundou	Mon 7:18 PM	271 km	168 miles	146 nm	ENE
Berbérati	Mon 7:18 PM	418 km	260 miles	226 nm	SSE
Bamenda	Mon 7:18 PM	444 km	276 miles	240 nm	WSW
Yaoundé	Mon 7:18 PM	481 km	299 miles	259 nm	SSW
Ndjamena	Mon 7:18 PM	525 km	326 miles	284 nm	NNE
Sarh	Mon 7:18 PM	531 km	330 miles	287 nm	ENE
Douala	Mon 7:18 PM	599 km	372 miles	323 nm	SW
Bimbo	Mon 7:18 PM	619 km	385 miles	334 nm	SE
Bangui	Mon 7:18 PM	626 km	389 miles	338 nm	ESE