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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- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 04:30:00 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 94%
Position of the Moon
On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 04:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||21° 43' ||South|
|Longitude: ||38° 24' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.05 meters/second, 1487.0 km/hour, 924.0 miles/hour or 802.9 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:
|Time||Longitude difference||Latitude difference||Total|
|1 minute||0° 14' 22.3"||15.40 mi||west||0° 00' 00.3"||0.01 mi||south||15.40 mi|
|1 hour||14° 22' 17.8"||923.71 mi||west||0° 00' 12.3"||0.24 mi||south||923.70 mi|
|24 hours||14° 50' 54.8"||954.34 mi||east||0° 38' 19.3"||43.94 mi||north||957.45 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Vitória||Tue 1:30 AM||255 km||158 miles||138 nm|| NW|
|Niterói||Tue 1:30 AM||502 km||312 miles||271 nm|| WSW|
|Rio de Janeiro||Tue 1:30 AM||512 km||318 miles||276 nm|| WSW|
|Belo Horizonte||Tue 1:30 AM||613 km||381 miles||331 nm|| WNW|
|São Paulo||Tue 1:30 AM||871 km||541 miles||470 nm|| WSW|
|Salvador||Tue 1:30 AM||968 km||602 miles||523 nm|| N|
|Brasilia||Tue 1:30 AM||1195 km||742 miles||645 nm|| WNW|
|Recife||Tue 1:30 AM||1553 km||965 miles||839 nm|| NNE|
|Fortaleza||Tue 1:30 AM||1988 km||1235 miles||1073 nm|| N|
|Asuncion||Tue 12:30 AM||2002 km||1244 miles||1081 nm|| WSW|
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