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, September 22, 2012 at 19:50:00 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: 50%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7:41 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 19:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 41'	South
Longitude:	29° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.29 meters/second, 1502.2 km/hour, 933.5 miles/hour or 811.1 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' 25.0"	15.56 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	north	15.56 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 08.8"	933.23 mi	west	0° 02' 46.4"	3.18 mi	north	933.38 mi
24 hours	13° 41' 50.2"	886.54 mi	east	1° 41' 23.8"	116.25 mi	north	898.87 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
Salvador	Sat 4:50 PM	1279 km	795 miles	691 nm	NW
Rio de Janeiro	Sat 4:50 PM	1432 km	890 miles	773 nm	WSW
Recife	Sat 4:50 PM	1506 km	936 miles	813 nm	NNW
São Paulo	Sat 4:50 PM	1791 km	1113 miles	967 nm	WSW
Brasilia	Sat 4:50 PM	2012 km	1250 miles	1086 nm	WNW
Fortaleza	Sat 4:50 PM	2114 km	1314 miles	1142 nm	NNW
Jamestown	Sat 7:50 PM	2571 km	1597 miles	1388 nm	E
Asuncion	Sat 3:50 PM	2920 km	1814 miles	1576 nm	WSW
Belém	Sat 4:50 PM	2960 km	1840 miles	1599 nm	NW
Montevideo	Sat 4:50 PM	3046 km	1893 miles	1645 nm	SW