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 10:28:00 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 10:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 09'	South
Longitude:	52° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.02 meters/second, 1566.1 km/hour, 973.1 miles/hour or 845.6 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' 30.2"	16.22 mi	west	0° 00' 09.3"	0.18 mi	north	16.22 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 17.7"	973.00 mi	west	0° 09' 26.9"	10.83 mi	north	973.39 mi
24 hours	11° 32' 40.0"	774.45 mi	east	4° 01' 17.1"	276.44 mi	north	828.13 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
Barra do Garças	Sat 7:28 AM	194 km	120 miles	105 nm	S
Goiânia	Sat 7:28 AM	414 km	258 miles	224 nm	SE
Brasilia	Sat 7:28 AM	490 km	304 miles	264 nm	ESE
São Paulo	Sat 7:28 AM	1191 km	740 miles	643 nm	SSE
Rio de Janeiro	Sat 7:28 AM	1356 km	843 miles	732 nm	SE
Asuncion	Sat 6:28 AM	1362 km	846 miles	735 nm	SSW
Belém	Sat 7:28 AM	1460 km	907 miles	788 nm	NNE
Salvador	Sat 7:28 AM	1480 km	920 miles	799 nm	E
Manaus	Sat 6:28 AM	1498 km	931 miles	809 nm	NW
Sucre	Sat 6:28 AM	1504 km	934 miles	812 nm	WSW