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 Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 05:48:00 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: 57%

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 Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 05:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 57'	South
Longitude:	2° 49'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.01 meters/second, 1580.4 km/hour, 982.0 miles/hour or 853.4 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' 30.4"	16.37 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.20 mi	north	16.37 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 33.4"	981.97 mi	west	0° 10' 20.7"	11.85 mi	north	982.35 mi
24 hours	11° 25' 43.2"	773.51 mi	east	4° 18' 38.5"	296.29 mi	north	833.35 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	Sat 5:48 AM	540 km	336 miles	292 nm	SW
São Tomé	Sat 5:48 AM	1721 km	1069 miles	929 nm	NE
Luanda	Sat 6:48 AM	1791 km	1113 miles	967 nm	E
Abidjan	Sat 5:48 AM	1914 km	1190 miles	1034 nm	N
Libreville	Sat 6:48 AM	1924 km	1196 miles	1039 nm	NE
Accra	Sat 5:48 AM	1956 km	1216 miles	1056 nm	N
Lome	Sat 5:48 AM	2049 km	1273 miles	1106 nm	NNE
Yamoussoukro	Sat 5:48 AM	2093 km	1301 miles	1130 nm	N
Porto Novo	Sat 6:48 AM	2132 km	1325 miles	1151 nm	NNE
Lagos	Sat 6:48 AM	2147 km	1334 miles	1159 nm	NNE