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 20:14:00 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: 65%

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 20:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 08'	North
Longitude:	14° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.27 meters/second, 1603.0 km/hour, 996.1 miles/hour or 865.5 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' 30.6"	16.60 mi	west	0° 00' 11.8"	0.23 mi	south	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 35.3"	995.98 mi	west	0° 11' 54.5"	13.64 mi	south	996.28 mi
24 hours	11° 52' 18.9"	814.92 mi	east	4° 58' 17.6"	341.63 mi	south	886.75 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
Freetown	Mon 8:14 PM	184 km	114 miles	99 nm	NE
Conakry	Mon 8:14 PM	269 km	167 miles	145 nm	NNE
Bo	Mon 8:14 PM	287 km	178 miles	155 nm	ENE
Kenema	Mon 8:14 PM	342 km	213 miles	185 nm	ENE
Monrovia	Mon 8:14 PM	386 km	240 miles	208 nm	ESE
Boké	Mon 8:14 PM	421 km	261 miles	227 nm	N
Kakata	Mon 8:14 PM	430 km	267 miles	232 nm	E
Gbarnga	Mon 8:14 PM	522 km	325 miles	282 nm	E
Bissau	Mon 8:14 PM	545 km	339 miles	294 nm	NNW
Bafatá	Mon 8:14 PM	560 km	348 miles	302 nm	N