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 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 11:52:00 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: 17%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 11:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 56'	North
Longitude:	48° 09'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.29 meters/second, 1610.3 km/hour, 1000.6 miles/hour or 869.5 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' 34.2"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.68 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 11.4"	1000.52 mi	west	0° 10' 32.9"	12.08 mi	north	1000.40 mi
24 hours	10° 23' 11.9"	713.27 mi	east	4° 02' 44.0"	278.05 mi	north	762.15 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
Cayenne	Wed 8:52 AM	513 km	319 miles	277 nm	WSW
Paramaribo	Wed 8:52 AM	786 km	489 miles	424 nm	W
Belém	Wed 8:52 AM	928 km	577 miles	501 nm	S
Georgetown	Wed 7:52 AM	1108 km	688 miles	598 nm	W
Bridgetown	Wed 7:52 AM	1430 km	888 miles	772 nm	WNW
Port of Spain	Wed 7:52 AM	1526 km	948 miles	824 nm	WNW
Fortaleza	Wed 8:52 AM	1589 km	987 miles	858 nm	SE
Kingstown	Wed 7:52 AM	1592 km	989 miles	860 nm	WNW
Saint George's	Wed 7:52 AM	1596 km	991 miles	862 nm	WNW
Castries	Wed 7:52 AM	1608 km	999 miles	868 nm	WNW