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 Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 14:36:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM
This phase	New Moon	Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, March 30, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 14:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 08'	North
Longitude:	39° 26'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.68 meters/second, 1615.2 km/hour, 1003.7 miles/hour or 872.2 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' 34.0"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 00.5"	1003.63 mi	west	0° 11' 04.5"	12.69 mi	north	1003.57 mi
24 hours	10° 25' 46.4"	718.59 mi	east	4° 16' 46.3"	294.11 mi	north	773.60 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	Thu 11:36 AM	987 km	613 miles	533 nm	S
Belém	Thu 11:36 AM	1243 km	772 miles	671 nm	SW
Cayenne	Thu 11:36 AM	1431 km	889 miles	773 nm	W
Recife	Thu 11:36 AM	1548 km	962 miles	836 nm	SSE
Paramaribo	Thu 11:36 AM	1746 km	1085 miles	943 nm	W
Salvador	Thu 11:36 AM	2004 km	1245 miles	1082 nm	S
Praia	Thu 1:36 PM	2051 km	1274 miles	1107 nm	ENE
Georgetown	Thu 10:36 AM	2082 km	1294 miles	1124 nm	W
Bridgetown	Thu 10:36 AM	2386 km	1482 miles	1288 nm	WNW
Manaus	Thu 10:36 AM	2465 km	1532 miles	1331 nm	WSW