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, April 12, 2013 at 07:34:00 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: 4%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, April 12, 2013 at 07:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 16° 24' | North |
| Longitude: | 87° 33' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.81 meters/second, 1550.9 km/hour, 963.7 miles/hour or 837.4 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' 31.1" | 16.06 mi | west | 0° 00' 06.3" | 0.12 mi | north | 16.06 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 31' 07.7" | 963.52 mi | west | 0° 06' 19.0" | 7.24 mi | north | 963.29 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 35' 59.0" | 769.86 mi | east | 2° 08' 07.7" | 146.87 mi | north | 779.42 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 |
|---|
| Bhubaneshwar | Fri 1:04 PM | 463 km | 288 miles | 250 nm | NNW |
| Visakhapatnam | Fri 1:04 PM | 483 km | 300 miles | 261 nm | WNW |
| Kakinada | Fri 1:04 PM | 571 km | 355 miles | 308 nm | W |
| Kolkata | Fri 1:04 PM | 689 km | 428 miles | 372 nm | N |
| Khulna | Fri 1:34 PM | 741 km | 460 miles | 400 nm | NNE |
| Durgapur | Fri 1:04 PM | 785 km | 488 miles | 424 nm | N |
| Chittagong | Fri 1:34 PM | 794 km | 493 miles | 428 nm | NNE |
| Chennai | Fri 1:04 PM | 863 km | 536 miles | 466 nm | WSW |
| Dhaka | Fri 1:34 PM | 863 km | 536 miles | 466 nm | NNE |
| Rajshahi | Fri 1:34 PM | 888 km | 552 miles | 480 nm | N |
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