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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- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 12:28:00 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 7%
Position of the Moon
On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 12:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||3° 41' ||North|
|Longitude: ||37° 50' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.66 meters/second, 1618.8 km/hour, 1005.9 miles/hour or 874.1 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:
|Time||Longitude difference||Latitude difference||Total|
|1 minute||0° 14' 34.2"||16.76 mi||west||0° 00' 11.0"||0.21 mi||north||16.77 mi|
|1 hour||14° 34' 13.2"||1005.83 mi||west||0° 11' 05.1"||12.70 mi||north||1005.81 mi|
|24 hours||10° 19' 57.6"||713.30 mi||east||4° 18' 55.9"||296.56 mi||north||770.28 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Fortaleza||Wed 9:28 AM||826 km||513 miles||446 nm|| S|
|Belém||Wed 9:28 AM||1314 km||816 miles||709 nm|| WSW|
|Recife||Wed 9:28 AM||1343 km||835 miles||725 nm|| SSE|
|Cayenne||Wed 9:28 AM||1615 km||1004 miles||872 nm|| W|
|Salvador||Wed 9:28 AM||1842 km||1145 miles||995 nm|| S|
|Paramaribo||Wed 9:28 AM||1937 km||1204 miles||1046 nm|| W|
|Praia||Wed 11:28 AM||2003 km||1244 miles||1081 nm|| NE|
|Georgetown||Wed 8:28 AM||2280 km||1416 miles||1231 nm|| W|
|Brasilia||Wed 9:28 AM||2422 km||1505 miles||1308 nm|| SSW|
|Dakar||Wed 12:28 PM||2547 km||1583 miles||1375 nm|| ENE|
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