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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 Moon symbol symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun Sun symbol symbolizes the position of the sun.

Map showing which part of the Earth the Moon is currently above the horizon at.

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Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 94%
Previous phaseFull MoonSunday, May 6, 2012 at 3:35 AM
Next phaseThird QuarterSaturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 04:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 21° 43' South
Longitude: 38° 24' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.05 meters/second, 1487.0 km/hour, 924.0 miles/hour or 802.9 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 22.3"15.40 miwest0° 00' 00.3"0.01 misouth15.40 mi
1 hour14° 22' 17.8"923.71 miwest0° 00' 12.3"0.24 misouth923.70 mi
24 hours14° 50' 54.8"954.34 mieast0° 38' 19.3"43.94 minorth957.45 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
VitóriaTue 1:30 AM255 km158 miles138 nmNorthwest NW
NiteróiTue 1:30 AM502 km312 miles271 nmWest-southwest WSW
Rio de JaneiroTue 1:30 AM512 km318 miles276 nmWest-southwest WSW
Belo HorizonteTue 1:30 AM613 km381 miles331 nmWest-northwest WNW
São PauloTue 1:30 AM871 km541 miles470 nmWest-southwest WSW
SalvadorTue 1:30 AM968 km602 miles523 nmNorth N
BrasiliaTue 1:30 AM1195 km742 miles645 nmWest-northwest WNW
RecifeTue 1:30 AM1553 km965 miles839 nmNorth-northeast NNE
FortalezaTue 1:30 AM1988 km1235 miles1073 nmNorth N
AsuncionTue 12:30 AM2002 km1244 miles1081 nmWest-southwest WSW
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