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, March 2, 2013 at 06:40:00 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: 78%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, February 25, 2013 at 8:26 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 06:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 60'	South
Longitude:	45° 37'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.94 meters/second, 1555.0 km/hour, 966.2 miles/hour or 839.6 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' 27.3"	16.10 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	south	16.10 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 24.3"	966.04 mi	west	0° 08' 26.3"	9.67 mi	south	965.77 mi
24 hours	13° 17' 41.2"	888.41 mi	east	2° 56' 09.2"	201.90 mi	south	904.73 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
Brasilia	Sat 3:40 AM	259 km	161 miles	140 nm	WSW
Goiânia	Sat 3:40 AM	438 km	272 miles	237 nm	WSW
Belo Horizonte	Sat 3:40 AM	557 km	346 miles	301 nm	SSE
Salvador	Sat 3:40 AM	803 km	499 miles	433 nm	ENE
Rio de Janeiro	Sat 3:40 AM	919 km	571 miles	496 nm	SSE
São Paulo	Sat 3:40 AM	955 km	593 miles	515 nm	S
Recife	Sat 3:40 AM	1397 km	868 miles	754 nm	ENE
Fortaleza	Sat 3:40 AM	1464 km	909 miles	790 nm	NNE
Belém	Sat 3:40 AM	1531 km	951 miles	827 nm	NNW
Asuncion *	Sat 3:40 AM	1694 km	1053 miles	915 nm	SW