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 01:28:00 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: 92%

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 01:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 28'	South
Longitude:	58° 22'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.49 meters/second, 1539.0 km/hour, 956.3 miles/hour or 831.0 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' 24.7"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 36.9"	956.02 mi	west	0° 09' 13.4"	10.57 mi	south	955.70 mi
24 hours	14° 31' 01.4"	963.10 mi	east	3° 08' 14.4"	215.78 mi	south	978.88 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
Santa Cruz	Fri 9:28 PM	534 km	332 miles	288 nm	WSW
Barra do Garças	Fri 10:28 PM	655 km	407 miles	354 nm	E
Sucre	Fri 9:28 PM	785 km	488 miles	424 nm	WSW
Asuncion	Fri 9:28 PM	979 km	608 miles	529 nm	S
La Paz	Fri 9:28 PM	1043 km	648 miles	563 nm	W
Brasilia	Fri 10:28 PM	1123 km	698 miles	606 nm	E
São Paulo	Fri 10:28 PM	1456 km	905 miles	786 nm	SE
Manaus	Fri 9:28 PM	1488 km	924 miles	803 nm	N
Rio de Janeiro	Fri 10:28 PM	1745 km	1084 miles	942 nm	ESE
Córdoba	Fri 10:28 PM	1758 km	1092 miles	949 nm	SSW