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 28, 2012 at 19:58:00 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: 50%

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 Monday, May 28, 2012 at 19:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 45'	North
Longitude:	29° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.06 meters/second, 1613.0 km/hour, 1002.3 miles/hour or 871.0 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' 31.1"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 12.1"	0.23 mi	south	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 09.7"	1002.23 mi	west	0° 12' 14.9"	14.03 mi	south	1002.44 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 18.2"	805.67 mi	east	5° 00' 57.0"	344.65 mi	south	877.47 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
Fernando de Noronha	Mon 5:58 PM	923 km	574 miles	499 nm	SSW
Fortaleza	Mon 4:58 PM	1342 km	834 miles	724 nm	SW
Praia	Mon 6:58 PM	1378 km	856 miles	744 nm	NNE
Recife	Mon 4:58 PM	1460 km	907 miles	788 nm	SSW
Bissau	Mon 7:58 PM	1739 km	1081 miles	939 nm	ENE
Banjul	Mon 7:58 PM	1746 km	1085 miles	943 nm	NE
Dakar	Mon 7:58 PM	1760 km	1094 miles	950 nm	NE
Conakry	Mon 7:58 PM	1817 km	1129 miles	981 nm	ENE
Freetown	Mon 7:58 PM	1833 km	1139 miles	990 nm	ENE
Monrovia	Mon 7:58 PM	2049 km	1273 miles	1106 nm	E