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 Monday, May 7, 2012 at 05:08:00 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: 98%

Previous 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 Monday, May 7, 2012 at 05:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 52'	South
Longitude:	62° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.34 meters/second, 1495.2 km/hour, 929.1 miles/hour or 807.4 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' 22.1"	15.49 mi	west	0° 00' 04.1"	0.08 mi	south	15.49 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 03.5"	928.83 mi	west	0° 04' 00.8"	4.60 mi	south	928.64 mi
24 hours	15° 10' 04.8"	980.54 mi	east	0° 51' 24.9"	58.96 mi	south	979.48 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
Sucre	Mon 1:08 AM	338 km	210 miles	183 nm	NW
Santa Cruz	Mon 1:08 AM	345 km	214 miles	186 nm	N
Salta	Mon 2:08 AM	517 km	321 miles	279 nm	SSW
Tucumán	Mon 2:08 AM	709 km	441 miles	383 nm	SSW
Asuncion	Mon 1:08 AM	711 km	442 miles	384 nm	SE
La Paz	Mon 1:08 AM	751 km	467 miles	406 nm	NW
Córdoba	Mon 2:08 AM	1179 km	733 miles	637 nm	S
Rosario	Mon 2:08 AM	1354 km	842 miles	731 nm	S
Buenos Aires	Mon 2:08 AM	1581 km	982 miles	854 nm	SSE
Santiago	Mon 1:08 AM	1602 km	995 miles	865 nm	SSW