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 Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 17:34:00 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: 91%

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 Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 17:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 45'	South
Longitude:	61° 13'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.04 meters/second, 1595.0 km/hour, 991.1 miles/hour or 861.2 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' 27.4"	16.52 mi	west	0° 00' 12.9"	0.25 mi	south	16.52 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 25.0"	990.93 mi	west	0° 12' 51.4"	14.73 mi	south	990.79 mi
24 hours	13° 23' 05.9"	917.46 mi	east	4° 55' 05.5"	338.05 mi	south	971.66 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
Victoria	Thu 9:34 PM	725 km	451 miles	392 nm	WNW
Diego Garcia	Thu 11:34 PM	1237 km	769 miles	668 nm	E
Port Louis	Thu 9:34 PM	1430 km	889 miles	772 nm	SSW
Saint-Denis	Thu 9:34 PM	1579 km	981 miles	852 nm	SSW
Male	Thu 10:34 PM	1899 km	1180 miles	1025 nm	NE
Antananarivo	Thu 8:34 PM	1928 km	1198 miles	1041 nm	SW
Moroni	Thu 8:34 PM	2010 km	1249 miles	1085 nm	WSW
Mogadishu	Thu 8:34 PM	2069 km	1286 miles	1117 nm	WNW
Dar es Salaam	Thu 8:34 PM	2423 km	1506 miles	1308 nm	W
Thiruvananthapuram	Thu 11:04 PM	2506 km	1557 miles	1353 nm	NE