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 Monday, May 14, 2012 at 10:42:00 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: 35%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 14, 2012 at 10:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 11'	South
Longitude:	51° 53'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.95 meters/second, 1619.8 km/hour, 1006.5 miles/hour or 874.6 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' 33.5"	16.77 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.78 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 38.2"	1006.51 mi	west	0° 11' 25.2"	13.08 mi	north	1006.66 mi
24 hours	10° 25' 35.1"	720.73 mi	east	4° 32' 10.4"	311.70 mi	north	785.55 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
Santarém	Mon 7:42 AM	315 km	196 miles	170 nm	W
Belém	Mon 7:42 AM	387 km	241 miles	209 nm	ENE
Cayenne	Mon 7:42 AM	788 km	490 miles	426 nm	N
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	Mon 7:42 AM	882 km	548 miles	476 nm	NNW
Manaus	Mon 6:42 AM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	W
Paramaribo	Mon 7:42 AM	957 km	594 miles	517 nm	NNW
Georgetown	Mon 6:42 AM	1214 km	755 miles	656 nm	NW
Fortaleza	Mon 7:42 AM	1489 km	925 miles	804 nm	E
Brasilia	Mon 7:42 AM	1569 km	975 miles	847 nm	SSE
Port of Spain	Mon 6:42 AM	1775 km	1103 miles	958 nm	NW