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 Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 14:58:00 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: 2%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, May 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 14:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 42'	North
Longitude:	26° 29'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.89 meters/second, 1500.8 km/hour, 932.6 miles/hour or 810.4 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' 30.2"	15.54 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	south	15.54 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 12.1"	932.28 mi	west	0° 00' 26.5"	0.51 mi	south	932.30 mi
24 hours	11° 55' 57.3"	767.12 mi	east	0° 39' 19.9"	45.10 mi	south	770.16 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
Mindelo	Tue 1:58 PM	555 km	345 miles	300 nm	SSE
Santa Maria	Tue 1:58 PM	678 km	421 miles	366 nm	SE
Praia	Tue 1:58 PM	813 km	505 miles	439 nm	SSE
Nouadhibou	Tue 2:58 PM	983 km	611 miles	531 nm	E
Nouakchott	Tue 2:58 PM	1170 km	727 miles	632 nm	ESE
Dakar	Tue 2:58 PM	1233 km	766 miles	666 nm	SE
Banjul	Tue 2:58 PM	1391 km	865 miles	751 nm	SE
El Aaiún *	Tue 3:58 PM	1475 km	916 miles	796 nm	ENE
Bissau	Tue 2:58 PM	1591 km	988 miles	859 nm	SE
Azores *	Tue 2:58 PM	1868 km	1161 miles	1009 nm	N