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 18, 2012 at 04:22:00 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: 7%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, May 18, 2012 at 04:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 30'	North
Longitude:	82° 00'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.76 meters/second, 1575.9 km/hour, 979.2 miles/hour or 850.9 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' 33.3"	16.32 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	16.32 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 20.5"	979.09 mi	west	0° 08' 42.6"	9.98 mi	north	978.84 mi
24 hours	10° 49' 03.3"	727.69 mi	east	3° 11' 50.9"	219.86 mi	north	755.15 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
Chennai	Fri 9:52 AM	190 km	118 miles	103 nm	WSW
Maraimalai Nagar	Fri 9:52 AM	229 km	142 miles	123 nm	WSW
Tiruvallur	Fri 9:52 AM	229 km	142 miles	124 nm	W
Nellore	Fri 9:52 AM	242 km	150 miles	131 nm	WNW
Kakinada	Fri 9:52 AM	383 km	238 miles	207 nm	N
Visakhapatnam	Fri 9:52 AM	481 km	299 miles	260 nm	NNE
Bangalore	Fri 9:52 AM	485 km	301 miles	262 nm	W
Anantapur	Fri 9:52 AM	494 km	307 miles	267 nm	WNW
Trincomalee	Fri 9:52 AM	552 km	343 miles	298 nm	S
Hyderãbãd	Fri 9:52 AM	574 km	356 miles	310 nm	NW