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 Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 22:34:00 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: 89%

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 Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 22:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 22'	South
Longitude:	61° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.48 meters/second, 1492.1 km/hour, 927.2 miles/hour or 805.7 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' 23.2"	15.45 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	north	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 15.1"	926.93 mi	west	0° 02' 36.6"	3.00 mi	north	927.07 mi
24 hours	14° 19' 58.7"	923.42 mi	east	1° 41' 19.8"	116.19 mi	north	935.83 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	Wed 2:34 AM	471 km	292 miles	254 nm	WNW
Saint-Denis	Wed 2:34 AM	665 km	413 miles	359 nm	W
Antananarivo	Wed 1:34 AM	1520 km	945 miles	821 nm	W
Diego Garcia	Wed 4:34 AM	1925 km	1196 miles	1040 nm	NE
Victoria	Wed 2:34 AM	1977 km	1228 miles	1067 nm	NNW
Moroni	Wed 1:34 AM	2246 km	1396 miles	1213 nm	WNW
Dar es Salaam	Wed 1:34 AM	2912 km	1809 miles	1572 nm	WNW
Maputo	Wed 12:34 AM	3020 km	1877 miles	1631 nm	WSW
Lilongwe	Wed 12:34 AM	3082 km	1915 miles	1664 nm	W
Male	Wed 3:34 AM	3100 km	1926 miles	1674 nm	NNE