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 Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 02:34:00 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: 100%

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 Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 02:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 09'	South
Longitude:	40° 46'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.87 meters/second, 1522.3 km/hour, 945.9 miles/hour or 822.0 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' 23.0"	15.77 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	south	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 06.4"	945.68 mi	west	0° 07' 58.6"	9.14 mi	south	945.36 mi
24 hours	14° 58' 55.6"	984.90 mi	east	2° 31' 47.2"	174.02 mi	south	992.80 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
Teófilo Otoni	Sat 11:34 PM	84 km	52 miles	46 nm	WNW
Governador Valadares	Sat 11:34 PM	151 km	94 miles	82 nm	WSW
Vitória	Sat 11:34 PM	244 km	152 miles	132 nm	S
Belo Horizonte	Sat 11:34 PM	374 km	232 miles	202 nm	WSW
Niterói	Sat 11:34 PM	580 km	360 miles	313 nm	SSW
Rio de Janeiro	Sat 11:34 PM	590 km	367 miles	319 nm	SSW
Salvador	Sat 11:34 PM	623 km	387 miles	337 nm	NNE
Brasilia	Sat 11:34 PM	800 km	497 miles	432 nm	WNW
São Paulo	Sat 11:34 PM	855 km	531 miles	462 nm	SW
Recife	Sat 11:34 PM	1281 km	796 miles	692 nm	NNE