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, June 2, 2012 at 00:28:00 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: 91%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Monday, May 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 00:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 18'	South
Longitude:	43° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.87 meters/second, 1540.3 km/hour, 957.1 miles/hour or 831.7 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' 24.6"	15.95 mi	west	0° 00' 09.3"	0.18 mi	south	15.95 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 42.0"	956.88 mi	west	0° 09' 19.8"	10.69 mi	south	956.56 mi
24 hours	14° 29' 12.4"	961.86 mi	east	3° 11' 14.1"	219.21 mi	south	978.38 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
Montes Claros	Fri 9:28 PM	50 km	31 miles	27 nm	S
Belo Horizonte	Fri 9:28 PM	381 km	237 miles	206 nm	S
Brasilia	Fri 9:28 PM	425 km	264 miles	229 nm	W
Goiânia	Fri 9:28 PM	573 km	356 miles	310 nm	W
Vitória	Fri 9:28 PM	584 km	363 miles	315 nm	SE
Salvador	Fri 9:28 PM	695 km	432 miles	375 nm	ENE
Rio de Janeiro	Fri 9:28 PM	742 km	461 miles	400 nm	S
São Paulo	Fri 9:28 PM	851 km	529 miles	460 nm	SSW
Recife	Fri 9:28 PM	1340 km	833 miles	723 nm	NE
Fortaleza	Fri 9:28 PM	1508 km	937 miles	814 nm	NNE