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 Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 15:46:00 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: 83%

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 Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 15:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 06'	South
Longitude:	74° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.65 meters/second, 1611.5 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' 29.0"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 13.2"	0.25 mi	south	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 03.7"	1001.29 mi	west	0° 13' 13.9"	15.16 mi	south	1001.33 mi
24 hours	12° 39' 05.4"	874.59 mi	east	5° 15' 44.0"	361.61 mi	south	943.89 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
Addu City	Wed 8:46 PM	226 km	140 miles	122 nm	NW
Diego Garcia	Wed 9:46 PM	626 km	389 miles	338 nm	SSW
Male	Wed 8:46 PM	705 km	438 miles	381 nm	N
Kulhudhuffushi	Wed 8:46 PM	980 km	609 miles	529 nm	N
Colombo	Wed 9:16 PM	1157 km	719 miles	625 nm	NNE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Wed 9:16 PM	1158 km	719 miles	625 nm	NNE
Thiruvananthapuram	Wed 9:16 PM	1202 km	747 miles	649 nm	NNE
Madurai	Wed 9:16 PM	1386 km	861 miles	748 nm	NNE
Bangalore	Wed 9:16 PM	1699 km	1056 miles	918 nm	N
Chennai	Wed 9:16 PM	1794 km	1115 miles	969 nm	NNE