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, October 15, 2012 at 06:12:00 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	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, October 15, 2012 at 06:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 21'	South
Longitude:	78° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.56 meters/second, 1582.4 km/hour, 983.3 miles/hour or 854.4 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' 26.8"	16.39 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.39 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 47.9"	983.12 mi	west	0° 11' 36.0"	13.29 mi	south	982.90 mi
24 hours	13° 35' 53.7"	925.39 mi	east	4° 18' 43.9"	296.44 mi	south	964.82 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
Diego Garcia	Mon 12:12 PM	777 km	483 miles	419 nm	WNW
Male	Mon 11:12 AM	1710 km	1062 miles	923 nm	NNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Mon 11:42 AM	1910 km	1187 miles	1031 nm	N
Colombo	Mon 11:42 AM	1913 km	1189 miles	1033 nm	N
Thiruvananthapuram	Mon 11:42 AM	2095 km	1302 miles	1131 nm	N
Madurai	Mon 11:42 AM	2242 km	1393 miles	1211 nm	N
Port Louis	Mon 10:12 AM	2529 km	1571 miles	1365 nm	WSW
Bangalore	Mon 11:42 AM	2583 km	1605 miles	1394 nm	N
Chennai	Mon 11:42 AM	2597 km	1614 miles	1402 nm	N
Victoria	Mon 10:12 AM	2652 km	1648 miles	1432 nm	WNW