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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 Moon symbol symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun Sun symbol symbolizes the position of the sun.

Map showing which part of the Earth the Moon is currently above the horizon at.

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Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 100%
Previous phaseFirst QuarterMonday, May 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM
Next phaseFull MoonMonday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, June 4, 2012 at 02:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 21° 26' South
Longitude: 49° 21' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.63 meters/second, 1489.1 km/hour, 925.3 miles/hour or 804.0 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 21.8"15.42 miwest0° 00' 02.3"0.04 misouth15.42 mi
1 hour14° 21' 52.4"925.00 miwest0° 02' 14.4"2.57 misouth924.89 mi
24 hours15° 13' 07.3"979.96 mieast0° 08' 27.8"9.71 misouth979.53 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
São José do Rio PretoSun 11:54 PM67 km42 miles36 nmNorth N
BauruSun 11:54 PM100 km62 miles54 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Ribeirão PrêtoSun 11:54 PM163 km102 miles88 nmEast E
PirassunungaSun 11:54 PM208 km129 miles112 nmEast-southeast ESE
UberabaSun 11:54 PM234 km145 miles126 nmNortheast NE
CampinasSun 11:54 PM282 km175 miles152 nmSoutheast SE
São PauloSun 11:54 PM365 km227 miles197 nmSoutheast SE
SantosSun 11:54 PM417 km259 miles225 nmSoutheast SE
CuritibaSun 11:54 PM439 km273 miles237 nmSouth S
GoiâniaSun 11:54 PM523 km325 miles282 nmNorth N
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