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 Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 01:56:00 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: 97%

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 Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 01:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 39'	South
Longitude:	50° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.95 meters/second, 1508.2 km/hour, 937.2 miles/hour or 814.4 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' 22.7"	15.62 mi	west	0° 00' 06.1"	0.12 mi	south	15.62 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 47.6"	936.88 mi	west	0° 06' 07.5"	7.02 mi	south	936.61 mi
24 hours	15° 05' 39.9"	983.41 mi	east	1° 45' 07.2"	120.53 mi	south	985.28 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
São José do Rio Preto	Sat 10:56 PM	183 km	114 miles	99 nm	SE
Itumbiara	Sat 10:56 PM	196 km	122 miles	106 nm	NE
Goiânia	Sat 10:56 PM	351 km	218 miles	189 nm	NNE
Pirassununga	Sat 10:56 PM	416 km	259 miles	225 nm	SE
Barra do Garças	Sat 10:56 PM	454 km	282 miles	245 nm	NNW
Campinas	Sat 10:56 PM	508 km	316 miles	274 nm	SE
Brasilia	Sat 10:56 PM	512 km	318 miles	277 nm	NE
São Paulo	Sat 10:56 PM	594 km	369 miles	321 nm	SE
Santos	Sat 10:56 PM	647 km	402 miles	349 nm	SE
Curitiba	Sat 10:56 PM	650 km	404 miles	351 nm	SSE