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, April 18, 2013 at 12:32:00 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: 50%

Previous phase	New Moon	Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 9:36 AM
This phase	First Quarter	Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 12:32 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 7:58 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 12:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 32'	North
Longitude:	84° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.13 meters/second, 1559.3 km/hour, 968.9 miles/hour or 841.9 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' 32.0"	16.15 mi	west	0° 00' 06.7"	0.13 mi	south	16.15 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 02.4"	968.75 mi	west	0° 06' 50.5"	7.84 mi	south	969.05 mi
24 hours	11° 08' 03.2"	742.20 mi	east	3° 03' 43.8"	210.53 mi	south	776.41 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
Visakhapatnam	Thu 6:02 PM	283 km	176 miles	153 nm	NNW
Kakinada	Thu 6:02 PM	302 km	188 miles	163 nm	WNW
Bhubaneshwar	Thu 6:02 PM	538 km	334 miles	290 nm	NNE
Chennai	Thu 6:02 PM	541 km	336 miles	292 nm	WSW
Hyderãbãd	Thu 6:02 PM	694 km	431 miles	375 nm	WNW
Anantapur	Thu 6:02 PM	764 km	475 miles	413 nm	W
Bangalore	Thu 6:02 PM	815 km	506 miles	440 nm	WSW
Nãgpur	Thu 6:02 PM	849 km	527 miles	458 nm	NW
Kolkata	Thu 6:02 PM	873 km	543 miles	471 nm	NNE
Durgapur	Thu 6:02 PM	926 km	575 miles	500 nm	NNE