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 Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 07:44:00 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: 76%

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 Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 07:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 57'	South
Longitude:	59° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.66 meters/second, 1575.6 km/hour, 979.0 miles/hour or 850.7 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' 27.7"	16.32 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	south	16.32 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 47.8"	978.85 mi	west	0° 11' 37.0"	13.31 mi	south	978.59 mi
24 hours	13° 05' 30.5"	886.05 mi	east	4° 15' 42.0"	293.01 mi	south	925.83 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
Porto Velho	Sun 3:44 AM	582 km	362 miles	314 nm	NW
Rio Branco	Sun 3:44 AM	915 km	569 miles	494 nm	WNW
Manaus	Sun 3:44 AM	978 km	608 miles	528 nm	N
Sucre	Sun 3:44 AM	986 km	613 miles	533 nm	SW
La Paz	Sun 3:44 AM	1042 km	647 miles	562 nm	WSW
Brasilia *	Sun 5:44 AM	1344 km	835 miles	726 nm	ESE
Asuncion *	Sun 4:44 AM	1491 km	927 miles	805 nm	S
Belém	Sun 4:44 AM	1696 km	1054 miles	916 nm	NE
São Paulo *	Sun 5:44 AM	1886 km	1172 miles	1019 nm	SE
Lima	Sun 2:44 AM	1890 km	1174 miles	1020 nm	W