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 Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 03:28:00 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
Fraction of moon illuminated: 23%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 03:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 9° 33' | North |
| Longitude: | 69° 28' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.72 meters/second, 1593.8 km/hour, 990.3 miles/hour or 860.6 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' 30.9" | 16.51 mi | west | 0° 00' 10.5" | 0.20 mi | south | 16.51 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 57.5" | 990.26 mi | west | 0° 10' 36.8" | 12.16 mi | south | 990.59 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 41' 13.6" | 797.30 mi | east | 4° 30' 00.0" | 309.26 mi | south | 859.30 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 |
|---|
| Kulhudhuffushi | Thu 8:28 AM | 512 km | 318 miles | 277 nm |  SE |
| Mangalore | Thu 8:58 AM | 692 km | 430 miles | 374 nm |  ENE |
| Male | Thu 8:28 AM | 743 km | 462 miles | 401 nm | SE |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Thu 8:58 AM | 831 km | 516 miles | 449 nm |  E |
| Madurai | Thu 8:58 AM | 950 km | 591 miles | 513 nm | E |
| Bangalore | Thu 8:58 AM | 962 km | 598 miles | 519 nm | ENE |
| Anantapur | Thu 8:58 AM | 1051 km | 653 miles | 568 nm | ENE |
| Pune | Thu 8:58 AM | 1100 km | 683 miles | 594 nm |  NNE |
| Mumbai | Thu 8:58 AM | 1103 km | 685 miles | 595 nm | NNE |
| Colombo | Thu 8:58 AM | 1182 km | 735 miles | 638 nm |  ESE |
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