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 Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 01:34:00 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: 94%

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 Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 01:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 41'	South
Longitude:	3° 45'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.08 meters/second, 1487.1 km/hour, 924.0 miles/hour or 803.0 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"	15.40 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	south	15.40 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 12.2"	923.78 mi	west	0° 00' 41.0"	0.78 mi	south	923.74 mi
24 hours	14° 54' 44.6"	958.61 mi	east	0° 27' 24.5"	31.43 mi	north	960.64 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
Jamestown	Tue 1:34 AM	1184 km	736 miles	639 nm	WNW
Windhoek	Tue 2:34 AM	1380 km	857 miles	745 nm	E
Luanda	Tue 2:34 AM	1748 km	1086 miles	944 nm	NE
Cape Town	Tue 3:34 AM	1978 km	1229 miles	1068 nm	SE
Gaborone	Tue 3:34 AM	2290 km	1423 miles	1236 nm	ESE
Kinshasa	Tue 2:34 AM	2291 km	1424 miles	1237 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Tue 2:34 AM	2295 km	1426 miles	1239 nm	NE
São Tomé	Tue 1:34 AM	2458 km	1527 miles	1327 nm	N
Johannesburg	Tue 3:34 AM	2519 km	1565 miles	1360 nm	ESE
Libreville	Tue 2:34 AM	2520 km	1566 miles	1361 nm	NNE