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 08:36:00 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 08:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 28'	South
Longitude:	43° 27'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.89 meters/second, 1583.6 km/hour, 984.0 miles/hour or 855.1 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' 47.0"	983.95 mi	west	0° 10' 28.1"	11.99 mi	north	984.32 mi
24 hours	11° 20' 56.4"	769.46 mi	east	4° 20' 49.3"	298.77 mi	north	830.23 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
Barreiras	Sat 5:36 AM	182 km	113 miles	98 nm	WSW
Salvador	Sat 5:36 AM	565 km	351 miles	305 nm	ESE
Brasilia	Sat 5:36 AM	678 km	421 miles	366 nm	SW
Fortaleza	Sat 5:36 AM	1008 km	626 miles	544 nm	NNE
Recife	Sat 5:36 AM	1010 km	628 miles	546 nm	ENE
Belém	Sat 5:36 AM	1239 km	770 miles	669 nm	NNW
Rio de Janeiro	Sat 5:36 AM	1274 km	791 miles	688 nm	S
São Paulo	Sat 5:36 AM	1381 km	858 miles	746 nm	SSW
Manaus	Sat 4:36 AM	2048 km	1273 miles	1106 nm	WNW
Cayenne	Sat 5:36 AM	2063 km	1282 miles	1114 nm	NNW