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 08:10:00 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: 56%

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 08:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 32'	South
Longitude:	37° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.76 meters/second, 1583.1 km/hour, 983.7 miles/hour or 854.8 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' 30.6"	16.40 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	north	16.40 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 44.9"	983.64 mi	west	0° 10' 27.0"	11.97 mi	north	984.02 mi
24 hours	11° 21' 40.2"	770.08 mi	east	4° 20' 29.7"	298.40 mi	north	830.71 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
Aracaju	Sat 5:10 AM	71 km	44 miles	38 nm	N
Alagoinhas	Sat 5:10 AM	146 km	91 miles	79 nm	WSW
Feira de Santana	Sat 5:10 AM	205 km	127 miles	111 nm	WSW
Salvador	Sat 5:10 AM	214 km	133 miles	115 nm	SW
Salvador	Sat 5:10 AM	214 km	133 miles	115 nm	SW
Maceió	Sat 5:10 AM	259 km	161 miles	140 nm	NE
Recife	Sat 5:10 AM	455 km	283 miles	246 nm	NNE
Natal	Sat 5:10 AM	672 km	418 miles	363 nm	NNE
Fortaleza	Sat 5:10 AM	876 km	544 miles	473 nm	N
Fernando de Noronha	Sat 6:10 AM	994 km	617 miles	537 nm	NNE