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 Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 13:28:00 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: 19%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 13:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 7° 44' | North |
| Longitude: | 75° 41' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.78 meters/second, 1601.2 km/hour, 994.9 miles/hour or 864.6 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' 30.7" | 16.58 mi | west | 0° 00' 11.1" | 0.21 mi | south | 16.58 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 49.3" | 994.88 mi | west | 0° 11' 11.4" | 12.82 mi | south | 995.18 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 46' 10.7" | 806.79 mi | east | 4° 41' 34.0" | 322.48 mi | south | 872.17 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 |
|---|
| Medellin | Thu 8:28 AM | 164 km | 102 miles | 89 nm | S |
| Bucaramanga | Thu 8:28 AM | 286 km | 178 miles | 154 nm | ESE |
| Cartagena | Thu 8:28 AM | 295 km | 184 miles | 159 nm | N |
| Manizales | Thu 8:28 AM | 297 km | 185 miles | 160 nm | S |
| Pereira | Thu 8:28 AM | 323 km | 201 miles | 174 nm | S |
| Cúcuta | Thu 8:28 AM | 350 km | 218 miles | 189 nm | E |
| Bogota | Thu 8:28 AM | 386 km | 240 miles | 208 nm | SSE |
| Barranquilla | Thu 8:28 AM | 391 km | 243 miles | 211 nm | NNE |
| Panama | Thu 8:28 AM | 445 km | 276 miles | 240 nm | WNW |
| Villavicencio | Thu 8:28 AM | 456 km | 284 miles | 246 nm | SSE |
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