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 Friday, May 4, 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: 97%

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 Friday, May 4, 2012 at 18:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 49'	South
Longitude:	64° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.07 meters/second, 1566.2 km/hour, 973.2 miles/hour or 845.7 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' 25.4"	16.22 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.22 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 29.4"	973.03 mi	west	0° 11' 26.9"	13.12 mi	south	972.75 mi
24 hours	14° 09' 56.8"	955.56 mi	east	4° 08' 59.5"	285.34 mi	south	988.89 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
Port Louis	Fri 10:18 PM	1070 km	665 miles	578 nm	SW
Diego Garcia	Sat 12:18 AM	1102 km	685 miles	595 nm	ENE
Saint-Denis	Fri 10:18 PM	1276 km	793 miles	689 nm	SW
Victoria	Fri 10:18 PM	1307 km	812 miles	706 nm	NW
Antananarivo	Fri 9:18 PM	1891 km	1175 miles	1021 nm	WSW
Male	Fri 11:18 PM	2152 km	1337 miles	1162 nm	NNE
Moroni	Fri 9:18 PM	2255 km	1401 miles	1218 nm	W
Mogadishu	Fri 9:18 PM	2638 km	1639 miles	1425 nm	NW
Dar es Salaam	Fri 9:18 PM	2791 km	1734 miles	1507 nm	WNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Fri 11:48 PM	2800 km	1740 miles	1512 nm	NE