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 Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 19:14:00 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: 100%

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 Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 19:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 06'	South
Longitude:	64° 45'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.54 meters/second, 1532.0 km/hour, 951.9 miles/hour or 827.2 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' 23.6"	15.87 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	15.87 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 34.9"	951.67 mi	west	0° 08' 55.0"	10.22 mi	south	951.34 mi
24 hours	14° 50' 23.2"	981.19 mi	east	2° 57' 00.5"	202.92 mi	south	993.89 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	Sat 11:14 PM	837 km	520 miles	452 nm	WSW
Saint-Denis	Sat 11:14 PM	1064 km	661 miles	575 nm	WSW
Diego Garcia	Sun 1:14 AM	1365 km	848 miles	737 nm	NE
Victoria	Sat 11:14 PM	1713 km	1065 miles	925 nm	NW
Antananarivo	Sat 10:14 PM	1835 km	1140 miles	991 nm	W
Moroni	Sat 10:14 PM	2387 km	1483 miles	1289 nm	WNW
Male	Sun 12:14 AM	2543 km	1580 miles	1373 nm	NNE
Dar es Salaam	Sat 10:14 PM	2993 km	1860 miles	1616 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Sat 10:14 PM	3005 km	1867 miles	1622 nm	NW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sun 12:44 AM	3135 km	1948 miles	1693 nm	NNE