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 05:58:00 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 05:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 43'	South
Longitude:	59° 29'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.06 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:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 22.2"	15.40 mi	west	0° 00' 00.0"	0.00 mi	south	15.40 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 21.1"	923.74 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.03 mi	north	923.75 mi
24 hours	14° 48' 51.5"	952.12 mi	east	0° 43' 43.0"	50.13 mi	north	955.81 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
Asuncion	Tue 1:58 AM	437 km	272 miles	236 nm	SSE
Santa Cruz	Tue 1:58 AM	583 km	362 miles	315 nm	NW
Ciudad del Este	Tue 1:58 AM	650 km	404 miles	351 nm	SE
Sucre	Tue 1:58 AM	673 km	418 miles	363 nm	WNW
Salta	Tue 2:58 AM	694 km	431 miles	375 nm	WSW
Tucumán	Tue 2:58 AM	811 km	504 miles	438 nm	SW
La Paz	Tue 1:58 AM	1078 km	670 miles	582 nm	WNW
Córdoba	Tue 2:58 AM	1171 km	728 miles	632 nm	SSW
Rosario	Tue 2:58 AM	1250 km	777 miles	675 nm	S
São Paulo	Tue 2:58 AM	1336 km	830 miles	721 nm	ESE