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 Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 13:48:00 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: 73%

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 Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 13:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 32'	North
Longitude:	90° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.67 meters/second, 1611.6 km/hour, 1001.4 miles/hour or 870.2 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' 30.1"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 12.6"	0.24 mi	south	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 09.8"	1001.34 mi	west	0° 12' 41.2"	14.53 mi	south	1001.55 mi
24 hours	12° 06' 33.3"	836.08 mi	east	5° 12' 01.7"	357.34 mi	south	910.34 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
Banda Aceh	Tue 8:48 PM	533 km	331 miles	288 nm	ENE
Medan	Tue 8:48 PM	854 km	531 miles	461 nm	E
Kuala Lumpur	Tue 9:48 PM	1194 km	742 miles	645 nm	E
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Tue 7:18 PM	1280 km	795 miles	691 nm	WNW
Colombo	Tue 7:18 PM	1286 km	799 miles	694 nm	WNW
Singapore	Tue 9:48 PM	1454 km	904 miles	785 nm	E
Bengkulu	Tue 8:48 PM	1495 km	929 miles	807 nm	ESE
Bangkok	Tue 8:48 PM	1539 km	956 miles	831 nm	NE
Yangon	Tue 8:18 PM	1570 km	976 miles	848 nm	NNE
Chennai	Tue 7:18 PM	1579 km	981 miles	853 nm	NW