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 12:32:00 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: 34%

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 12:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 50'	South
Longitude:	78° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.08 meters/second, 1620.3 km/hour, 1006.8 miles/hour or 874.9 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' 33.7"	16.78 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.78 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 41.8"	1006.79 mi	west	0° 11' 24.9"	13.07 mi	north	1006.93 mi
24 hours	10° 24' 38.1"	719.79 mi	east	4° 31' 43.10"	311.19 mi	north	784.33 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
Cuenca	Mon 7:32 AM	127 km	79 miles	69 nm	SSW
Guayaquil	Mon 7:32 AM	153 km	95 miles	82 nm	WSW
Quito	Mon 7:32 AM	177 km	110 miles	95 nm	N
Cali	Mon 7:32 AM	623 km	387 miles	336 nm	NNE
Bogota	Mon 7:32 AM	872 km	542 miles	471 nm	NE
Medellin	Mon 7:32 AM	953 km	592 miles	515 nm	NNE
Lima	Mon 7:32 AM	1144 km	711 miles	618 nm	S
Panama	Mon 7:32 AM	1201 km	746 miles	649 nm	N
Galapagos Islands	Mon 6:32 AM	1230 km	765 miles	664 nm	W
San Jose	Mon 6:32 AM	1437 km	893 miles	776 nm	NNW