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 Monday, April 9, 2012 at 05:50:00 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: 91%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Friday, April 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Friday, April 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, April 9, 2012 at 05:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 50'	South
Longitude:	54° 06'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.64 meters/second, 1507.1 km/hour, 936.5 miles/hour or 813.8 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' 23.2"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	south	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 10.9"	936.22 mi	west	0° 05' 57.4"	6.83 mi	south	935.95 mi
24 hours	14° 46' 10.5"	961.14 mi	east	1° 40' 58.9"	115.79 mi	south	962.89 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
Campo Grande	Mon 1:50 AM	80 km	50 miles	43 nm	SW
Barra do Garças	Mon 2:50 AM	478 km	297 miles	258 nm	NNE
Goiânia	Mon 2:50 AM	614 km	382 miles	332 nm	ENE
Ciudad del Este	Mon 1:50 AM	631 km	392 miles	341 nm	S
Asuncion	Mon 1:50 AM	704 km	437 miles	380 nm	SSW
Brasilia	Mon 2:50 AM	797 km	495 miles	430 nm	ENE
São Paulo	Mon 2:50 AM	876 km	545 miles	473 nm	ESE
Sucre	Mon 1:50 AM	1175 km	730 miles	634 nm	W
Rio de Janeiro	Mon 2:50 AM	1184 km	736 miles	639 nm	ESE
La Paz	Mon 1:50 AM	1528 km	950 miles	825 nm	WNW