diff --git a/lib/location.py b/lib/location.py
index 72cb43c..cff6d42 100644
--- a/lib/location.py
+++ b/lib/location.py
@@ -250,6 +250,19 @@ def is_location_blocked(location):
     return location is not None and location.lower() in LOCATION_BLACK_LIST
 
 
+def get_hemisphere(location):
+    """
+    Return hemisphere of the location (True = North, False = South).
+    Assume North and return True if location can't be found.
+    """
+    location_string = location[0]
+    if location[1] is not None:
+        location_string += ",%s" % location[1]
+    geolocation = geolocator(location_string)
+    if geolocation is None:
+        return True
+    return geolocation["latitude"] > 0
+
 def location_processing(location, ip_addr):
     """
     """
@@ -281,6 +294,12 @@ def location_processing(location, ip_addr):
 
     query_source_location = get_location(ip_addr)
 
+    # For moon queries, hemisphere must be found
+    # True for North, False for South
+    hemisphere = False
+    if location is not None and (location.lower()+"@").startswith("moon@"):
+        hemisphere = get_hemisphere(query_source_location)
+
     country = None
     if not location or location == 'MyLocation':
         location = ip_addr
@@ -331,4 +350,5 @@ def location_processing(location, ip_addr):
             override_location_name, \
             full_address, \
             country, \
-            query_source_location
+            query_source_location, \
+            hemisphere
diff --git a/lib/view/moon.py b/lib/view/moon.py
index 8fc8c18..05398a1 100644
--- a/lib/view/moon.py
+++ b/lib/view/moon.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def get_moon(parsed_query):
     location = parsed_query['orig_location']
     html = parsed_query['html_output']
     lang = parsed_query['lang']
+    hemisphere = parsed_query['hemisphere']
 
     date = None
     if '@' in location:
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ def get_moon(parsed_query):
     if lang:
         cmd += ["-l", lang]
 
+    if not hemisphere:
+        cmd += ["-s", "south"]
+
     if date:
         try:
             dateutil.parser.parse(date)
diff --git a/lib/wttr_srv.py b/lib/wttr_srv.py
index 8f21afe..677d61d 100644
--- a/lib/wttr_srv.py
+++ b/lib/wttr_srv.py
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def parse_request(location, request, query, fast_mode=False):
     parsed_query["html_output"] = get_output_format(query, parsed_query)
 
     if not fast_mode: # not png_filename and not fast_mode:
-        location, override_location_name, full_address, country, query_source_location = \
+        location, override_location_name, full_address, country, query_source_location, hemisphere = \
                 location_processing(parsed_query["location"], parsed_query["ip_addr"])
 
         us_ip = query_source_location[1] == 'United States' \
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ def parse_request(location, request, query, fast_mode=False):
             'override_location_name': override_location_name,
             'full_address': full_address,
             'country': country,
-            'query_source_location': query_source_location})
+            'query_source_location': query_source_location,
+            'hemisphere': hemisphere})
 
     parsed_query.update(query)
     return parsed_query