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.

View Day and Night Map

Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 08:50:00 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: 62%

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 Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 08:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 17'	South
Longitude:	53° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.80 meters/second, 1507.7 km/hour, 936.8 miles/hour or 814.1 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' 25.9"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 04.9"	0.09 mi	north	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 01.4"	936.62 mi	west	0° 04' 59.6"	5.73 mi	north	936.89 mi
24 hours	13° 11' 26.2"	856.00 mi	east	2° 30' 12.6"	172.21 mi	north	879.62 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	Thu 4:50 AM	66 km	41 miles	36 nm	WSW
Barra do Garças	Thu 5:50 AM	518 km	322 miles	280 nm	NNE
Ciudad del Este	Thu 4:50 AM	583 km	362 miles	315 nm	S
Goiânia	Thu 5:50 AM	631 km	392 miles	341 nm	NE
Asuncion	Thu 4:50 AM	670 km	416 miles	362 nm	SSW
Brasilia	Thu 5:50 AM	813 km	505 miles	439 nm	NE
São Paulo	Thu 5:50 AM	840 km	522 miles	453 nm	ESE
Rio de Janeiro	Thu 5:50 AM	1154 km	717 miles	623 nm	ESE
Sucre	Thu 4:50 AM	1193 km	741 miles	644 nm	W
Rosario	Thu 5:50 AM	1553 km	965 miles	839 nm	SSW