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 Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 02:08:00 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: 99%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 3:31 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 6:52 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 02:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 02'	South
Longitude:	41° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.39 meters/second, 1495.4 km/hour, 929.2 miles/hour or 807.5 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' 23.2"	15.49 mi	west	0° 00' 03.4"	0.07 mi	north	15.49 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 10.9"	928.97 mi	west	0° 03' 35.1"	4.11 mi	north	929.17 mi
24 hours	14° 26' 39.2"	932.70 mi	east	2° 04' 49.3"	143.12 mi	north	949.83 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
Campos	Mon 11:08 PM	87 km	54 miles	47 nm	SSE
Vitória	Mon 11:08 PM	155 km	96 miles	84 nm	ENE
Juiz de Fora	Mon 11:08 PM	200 km	124 miles	108 nm	WSW
Governador Valadares	Mon 11:08 PM	245 km	152 miles	132 nm	N
Niterói	Mon 11:08 PM	257 km	160 miles	139 nm	SW
Rio de Janeiro	Mon 11:08 PM	268 km	166 miles	145 nm	SW
Belo Horizonte	Mon 11:08 PM	276 km	172 miles	149 nm	WNW
Santos	Mon 11:08 PM	583 km	362 miles	315 nm	SW
São Paulo	Mon 11:08 PM	587 km	365 miles	317 nm	WSW
Campinas	Mon 11:08 PM	602 km	374 miles	325 nm	WSW