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, March 18, 2012 at 11:42:00 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: 16%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 11:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 16'	South
Longitude:	40° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.95 meters/second, 1573.0 km/hour, 977.4 miles/hour or 849.4 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' 30.8"	16.29 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	north	16.29 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 53.5"	977.34 mi	west	0° 09' 52.2"	11.31 mi	north	977.73 mi
24 hours	11° 21' 57.4"	765.35 mi	east	4° 10' 27.1"	286.93 mi	north	822.85 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
Jequié	Sun 8:42 AM	75 km	47 miles	41 nm	SSE
Vitória da Conquista	Sun 8:42 AM	186 km	116 miles	100 nm	SSW
Feira de Santana	Sun 8:42 AM	199 km	123 miles	107 nm	ENE
Itabuna	Sun 8:42 AM	209 km	130 miles	113 nm	SE
Salvador	Sun 8:42 AM	212 km	132 miles	115 nm	E
Salvador	Sun 8:42 AM	212 km	132 miles	115 nm	E
Ilhéus	Sun 8:42 AM	225 km	140 miles	121 nm	SE
Maceió	Sun 8:42 AM	647 km	402 miles	350 nm	NE
Recife	Sun 8:42 AM	832 km	517 miles	449 nm	NE
Brasilia	Sun 8:42 AM	852 km	529 miles	460 nm	WSW