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, February 10, 2012 at 04:28:00 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.

Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 93%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 5:04 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, February 10, 2012 at 04:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 55'	South
Longitude:	37° 24'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.04 meters/second, 1613.0 km/hour, 1002.2 miles/hour or 870.9 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' 29.3"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 13.6"	0.26 mi	south	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 22.0"	1002.19 mi	west	0° 13' 34.5"	15.55 mi	south	1002.27 mi
24 hours	12° 20' 35.3"	853.74 mi	east	5° 22' 10.9"	368.98 mi	south	928.33 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
Fortaleza	Fri 1:28 AM	341 km	212 miles	184 nm	SSW
Natal	Fri 1:28 AM	588 km	365 miles	317 nm	SSE
Fernando de Noronha	Fri 2:28 AM	645 km	401 miles	348 nm	ESE
Recife	Fri 1:28 AM	843 km	524 miles	455 nm	SSE
Belém	Fri 1:28 AM	1235 km	767 miles	667 nm	W
Salvador *	Fri 2:28 AM	1339 km	832 miles	723 nm	S
Cayenne	Fri 1:28 AM	1782 km	1107 miles	962 nm	WNW
Brasilia *	Fri 2:28 AM	2009 km	1248 miles	1085 nm	SW
Paramaribo	Fri 1:28 AM	2110 km	1311 miles	1139 nm	WNW
Praia	Fri 3:28 AM	2324 km	1444 miles	1255 nm	NE