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 03:34:00 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
This phase	Full Moon	Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 3:35 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 17'	South
Longitude:	55° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.52 meters/second, 1521.1 km/hour, 945.1 miles/hour or 821.3 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' 23.1"	15.75 mi	west	0° 00' 07.9"	0.15 mi	south	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 02.8"	944.89 mi	west	0° 07' 50.5"	8.99 mi	south	944.58 mi
24 hours	14° 59' 55.8"	985.25 mi	east	2° 28' 14.2"	169.95 mi	south	992.56 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	Sat 11:34 PM	243 km	151 miles	131 nm	SSE
Barra do Garças	Sun 12:34 AM	406 km	252 miles	219 nm	NE
Goiânia	Sun 12:34 AM	646 km	401 miles	349 nm	ENE
Asuncion	Sat 11:34 PM	817 km	507 miles	441 nm	SSW
Brasilia	Sun 12:34 AM	822 km	511 miles	444 nm	ENE
São Paulo	Sun 12:34 AM	1062 km	660 miles	574 nm	SE
Sucre	Sat 11:34 PM	1069 km	664 miles	577 nm	W
Rio de Janeiro	Sun 12:34 AM	1351 km	840 miles	730 nm	ESE
La Paz	Sat 11:34 PM	1392 km	865 miles	752 nm	W
Córdoba	Sun 12:34 AM	1715 km	1066 miles	926 nm	SSW