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 07:14:00 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 07:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 60'	South
Longitude:	92° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.95 meters/second, 1493.8 km/hour, 928.2 miles/hour or 806.6 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' 21.9"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 03.7"	0.07 mi	south	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 01.9"	927.95 mi	west	0° 03' 40.4"	4.21 mi	south	927.77 mi
24 hours	15° 09' 28.3"	978.98 mi	east	0° 43' 12.4"	49.55 mi	south	977.85 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
Easter Island	Mon 1:14 AM	1806 km	1122 miles	975 nm	WSW
Lima	Mon 2:14 AM	1954 km	1214 miles	1055 nm	ENE
Galapagos Islands	Mon 1:14 AM	2251 km	1399 miles	1215 nm	N
Guayaquil	Mon 2:14 AM	2508 km	1558 miles	1354 nm	NE
Santiago	Mon 3:14 AM	2584 km	1606 miles	1395 nm	SE
La Paz	Mon 3:14 AM	2650 km	1646 miles	1431 nm	E
Quito	Mon 2:14 AM	2776 km	1725 miles	1499 nm	NE
Sucre	Mon 3:14 AM	2890 km	1796 miles	1561 nm	E
Córdoba	Mon 4:14 AM	3078 km	1912 miles	1662 nm	ESE
Bogota	Mon 2:14 AM	3498 km	2173 miles	1889 nm	NE