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 11, 2012 at 00:16:00 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: 70%

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 Friday, May 11, 2012 at 00:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 36'	South
Longitude:	65° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.71 meters/second, 1543.4 km/hour, 959.0 miles/hour or 833.4 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' 27.7"	15.98 mi	west	0° 00' 08.4"	0.16 mi	north	15.98 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 49.8"	958.87 mi	west	0° 08' 27.2"	9.69 mi	north	959.27 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 28.2"	823.72 mi	east	3° 43' 00.3"	255.55 mi	north	869.46 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 4:16 AM	887 km	551 miles	479 nm	WSW
Saint-Denis	Fri 4:16 AM	1114 km	692 miles	601 nm	WSW
Diego Garcia	Fri 6:16 AM	1304 km	810 miles	704 nm	NE
Victoria	Fri 4:16 AM	1688 km	1049 miles	911 nm	NW
Antananarivo	Fri 3:16 AM	1873 km	1164 miles	1011 nm	W
Moroni	Fri 3:16 AM	2404 km	1494 miles	1298 nm	W
Male	Fri 5:16 AM	2481 km	1542 miles	1340 nm	NNE
Mogadishu	Fri 3:16 AM	2989 km	1857 miles	1614 nm	NW
Dar es Salaam	Fri 3:16 AM	3002 km	1865 miles	1621 nm	WNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Fri 5:46 AM	3073 km	1910 miles	1659 nm	NNE