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 08:48:00 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 08:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 05'	South
Longitude:	115° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.68 meters/second, 1492.8 km/hour, 927.6 miles/hour or 806.1 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"	15.46 mi	west	0° 00' 03.4"	0.07 mi	south	15.46 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 00.9"	927.35 mi	west	0° 03' 25.2"	3.92 mi	south	927.18 mi
24 hours	15° 08' 52.0"	977.71 mi	east	0° 37' 04.9"	42.53 mi	south	976.58 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 2:48 AM	902 km	561 miles	487 nm	SE
Adamstown	Mon 12:48 AM	1573 km	978 miles	849 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Mon 2:48 AM	3580 km	2224 miles	1933 nm	NE
Papeete	Sun 10:48 PM	3611 km	2244 miles	1950 nm	W
Lima	Mon 3:48 AM	4198 km	2608 miles	2267 nm	E
Santiago	Mon 4:48 AM	4593 km	2854 miles	2480 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Sun 10:48 PM	4598 km	2857 miles	2483 nm	W
Quito	Mon 3:48 AM	4622 km	2872 miles	2496 nm	ENE
Guatemala	Mon 2:48 AM	4791 km	2977 miles	2587 nm	NE
San Salvador	Mon 2:48 AM	4794 km	2979 miles	2589 nm	NE