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, August 17, 2012 at 07:28:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Friday, August 17, 2012 at 3:55 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, August 17, 2012 at 07:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 00'	North
Longitude:	62° 53'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.91 meters/second, 1590.9 km/hour, 988.5 miles/hour or 859.0 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' 30.4"	16.48 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	south	16.48 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 33.0"	988.44 mi	west	0° 10' 54.0"	12.49 mi	south	988.79 mi
24 hours	11° 45' 46.7"	801.37 mi	east	4° 36' 00.9"	316.15 mi	south	865.94 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
Male	Fri 12:28 PM	1339 km	832 miles	723 nm	ESE
Mumbai	Fri 12:58 PM	1459 km	906 miles	788 nm	NE
Pune	Fri 12:58 PM	1512 km	940 miles	816 nm	NE
Thiruvananthapuram	Fri 12:58 PM	1555 km	966 miles	839 nm	E
Muscat	Fri 11:28 AM	1574 km	978 miles	850 nm	NNW
Bangalore	Fri 12:58 PM	1634 km	1016 miles	882 nm	ENE
Surat	Fri 12:58 PM	1636 km	1016 miles	883 nm	NE
Madurai	Fri 12:58 PM	1670 km	1038 miles	902 nm	E
Karachi	Fri 12:28 PM	1701 km	1057 miles	918 nm	NNE
Victoria	Fri 11:28 AM	1815 km	1128 miles	980 nm	SSW