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 Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 09:00:00 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: 40%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Friday, April 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 09:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 23'	South
Longitude:	30° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.52 meters/second, 1564.3 km/hour, 972.0 miles/hour or 844.6 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' 30.0"	16.20 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.20 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 10.8"	971.88 mi	west	0° 09' 21.5"	10.72 mi	north	972.28 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 10.2"	776.46 mi	east	3° 59' 32.2"	274.45 mi	north	829.44 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
Recife	Sat 6:00 AM	823 km	511 miles	444 nm	NNW
Salvador	Sat 6:00 AM	842 km	523 miles	454 nm	W
Fortaleza	Sat 6:00 AM	1451 km	901 miles	783 nm	NW
Rio de Janeiro	Sat 6:00 AM	1611 km	1001 miles	870 nm	SW
Brasilia	Sat 6:00 AM	1839 km	1143 miles	993 nm	W
São Paulo	Sat 6:00 AM	1947 km	1210 miles	1052 nm	SW
Belém	Sat 6:00 AM	2411 km	1498 miles	1302 nm	NW
Jamestown	Sat 9:00 AM	2704 km	1680 miles	1460 nm	E
Asuncion	Sat 5:00 AM	3048 km	1894 miles	1646 nm	WSW
Monrovia	Sat 9:00 AM	3183 km	1978 miles	1719 nm	NE