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 Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 00:08:00 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: 67%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 3:35 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 00:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 21'	North
Longitude:	70° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.95 meters/second, 1605.4 km/hour, 997.6 miles/hour or 866.9 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' 30.4"	16.63 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 31.0"	997.49 mi	west	0° 12' 06.3"	13.87 mi	south	997.78 mi
24 hours	11° 54' 56.4"	819.23 mi	east	5° 02' 01.0"	345.89 mi	south	891.97 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
San Cristóbal	Mon 7:38 PM	225 km	140 miles	122 nm	NW
Cúcuta	Mon 7:08 PM	258 km	160 miles	139 nm	NW
Bucaramanga	Mon 7:08 PM	277 km	172 miles	150 nm	WNW
Villavicencio	Mon 7:08 PM	399 km	248 miles	215 nm	SW
Bogota	Mon 7:08 PM	412 km	256 miles	222 nm	WSW
Barquisimeto	Mon 7:38 PM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	NNE
Maracaibo	Mon 7:38 PM	493 km	307 miles	266 nm	N
Valencia	Mon 7:38 PM	529 km	329 miles	286 nm	NE
Medellin	Mon 7:08 PM	533 km	331 miles	288 nm	W
Manizales	Mon 7:08 PM	545 km	339 miles	294 nm	WSW