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 Monday, July 23, 2012 at 20:16:00 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: 23%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 4:25 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 8:56 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, July 23, 2012 at 20:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 41'	South
Longitude:	69° 19'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.78 meters/second, 1612.0 km/hour, 1001.7 miles/hour or 870.4 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' 30.6"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 12.3"	0.24 mi	south	16.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 32.2"	1001.59 mi	west	0° 12' 24.3"	14.21 mi	south	1001.57 mi
24 hours	11° 58' 02.0"	826.13 mi	east	4° 51' 45.0"	334.16 mi	south	888.15 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
Rio Branco	Mon 4:16 PM	716 km	445 miles	387 nm	SSE
Manaus	Mon 4:16 PM	1035 km	643 miles	559 nm	E
Bogota	Mon 3:16 PM	1062 km	660 miles	573 nm	NNW
Quito	Mon 3:16 PM	1090 km	677 miles	589 nm	WNW
Cali	Mon 3:16 PM	1119 km	695 miles	604 nm	NW
Guayaquil	Mon 3:16 PM	1187 km	738 miles	641 nm	W
Lima	Mon 3:16 PM	1257 km	781 miles	679 nm	SW
Medellin	Mon 3:16 PM	1302 km	809 miles	703 nm	NNW
La Paz	Mon 4:16 PM	1424 km	885 miles	769 nm	S
Caracas	Mon 3:46 PM	1591 km	989 miles	859 nm	N