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, March 10, 2013 at 13:42:00 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: 2%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Monday, March 11, 2013 at 7:51 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 13:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 24'	South
Longitude:	39° 49'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.41 meters/second, 1607.1 km/hour, 998.6 miles/hour or 867.8 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' 29.8"	16.64 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.64 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 57.8"	998.57 mi	west	0° 11' 37.0"	13.30 mi	north	998.82 mi
24 hours	11° 50' 36.3"	815.66 mi	east	4° 41' 51.8"	322.80 mi	north	879.29 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
Sobral	Sun 10:42 AM	190 km	118 miles	103 nm	NNW
Juàzeiro do Norte	Sun 10:42 AM	204 km	127 miles	110 nm	SSE
Fortaleza	Sun 10:42 AM	228 km	141 miles	123 nm	NE
Natal	Sun 10:42 AM	508 km	316 miles	274 nm	E
Recife	Sun 10:42 AM	622 km	387 miles	336 nm	ESE
Maceió	Sun 10:42 AM	653 km	406 miles	353 nm	SE
Fernando de Noronha	Sun 11:42 AM	838 km	521 miles	452 nm	E
Salvador	Sun 10:42 AM	851 km	528 miles	459 nm	S
Belém	Sun 10:42 AM	1057 km	657 miles	571 nm	WNW
Brasilia	Sun 10:42 AM	1449 km	900 miles	782 nm	SW