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 Monday, May 28, 2012 at 14:18:00 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: 47%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, May 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 28, 2012 at 14:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 54'	North
Longitude:	53° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.44 meters/second, 1610.8 km/hour, 1000.9 miles/hour or 869.8 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' 31.3"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.68 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 16.5"	1000.84 mi	west	0° 12' 03.0"	13.80 mi	south	1001.09 mi
24 hours	11° 36' 09.2"	799.68 mi	east	4° 57' 39.3"	340.89 mi	south	871.11 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
Bosaso	Mon 5:18 PM	831 km	517 miles	449 nm	NNW
Mogadishu	Mon 5:18 PM	926 km	576 miles	500 nm	WSW
Victoria	Mon 6:18 PM	1083 km	673 miles	585 nm	SSE
Aden	Mon 5:18 PM	1255 km	780 miles	678 nm	NW
Djibouti	Mon 5:18 PM	1329 km	826 miles	717 nm	NW
Sana	Mon 5:18 PM	1517 km	942 miles	819 nm	NW
Addis Ababa	Mon 5:18 PM	1657 km	1029 miles	895 nm	WNW
Asmara	Mon 5:18 PM	1938 km	1205 miles	1047 nm	NW
Nairobi	Mon 5:18 PM	1943 km	1208 miles	1049 nm	WSW
Dar es Salaam	Mon 5:18 PM	2015 km	1252 miles	1088 nm	SW