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 07:34:00 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: 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 07:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 01'	South
Longitude:	97° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.89 meters/second, 1493.6 km/hour, 928.1 miles/hour or 806.5 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' 01.6"	927.82 mi	west	0° 03' 37.2"	4.15 mi	south	927.64 mi
24 hours	15° 09' 21.1"	978.72 mi	east	0° 41' 54.1"	48.05 mi	south	977.58 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 1:34 AM	1366 km	849 miles	737 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Mon 1:34 AM	2391 km	1485 miles	1291 nm	NNE
Lima	Mon 2:34 AM	2408 km	1496 miles	1300 nm	ENE
Santiago	Mon 3:34 AM	2991 km	1859 miles	1615 nm	ESE
Quito	Mon 2:34 AM	3101 km	1927 miles	1674 nm	NE
La Paz	Mon 3:34 AM	3146 km	1955 miles	1699 nm	E
Adamstown	Sun 11:34 PM	3350 km	2082 miles	1809 nm	WSW
Sucre	Mon 3:34 AM	3388 km	2105 miles	1829 nm	E
Córdoba	Mon 4:34 AM	3521 km	2188 miles	1901 nm	ESE
San Jose	Mon 1:34 AM	3731 km	2318 miles	2014 nm	NNE