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 Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 21:34:00 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: 99%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 3:35 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 21:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 16'	South
Longitude:	46° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.04 meters/second, 1501.3 km/hour, 932.9 miles/hour or 810.7 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' 22.1"	15.55 mi	west	0° 00' 05.2"	0.10 mi	south	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 13.6"	932.62 mi	west	0° 05' 12.6"	5.97 mi	south	932.38 mi
24 hours	15° 10' 24.2"	984.69 mi	east	1° 20' 52.7"	92.74 mi	south	984.69 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
Antsirabe	Mon 12:34 AM	111 km	69 miles	60 nm	ENE
Antananarivo	Mon 12:34 AM	214 km	133 miles	116 nm	NE
Toamasina	Mon 12:34 AM	423 km	263 miles	228 nm	ENE
Mamoutzou	Mon 12:34 AM	833 km	518 miles	450 nm	N
Mutsamudu	Mon 12:34 AM	914 km	568 miles	494 nm	NNW
Nampula	Sun 11:34 PM	919 km	571 miles	496 nm	NW
Saint-Denis	Mon 1:34 AM	982 km	610 miles	530 nm	E
Moroni	Mon 12:34 AM	996 km	619 miles	538 nm	NNW
Port Louis	Mon 1:34 AM	1195 km	743 miles	645 nm	E
Lilongwe	Sun 11:34 PM	1479 km	919 miles	799 nm	WNW