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 Friday, October 12, 2012 at 14:18:00 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: 11%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 12, 2012 at 14:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 52'	North
Longitude:	76° 00'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.97 meters/second, 1612.7 km/hour, 1002.1 miles/hour or 870.8 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' 30.2"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 12.1"	0.23 mi	south	16.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 12.8"	1002.04 mi	west	0° 12' 15.3"	14.04 mi	south	1002.22 mi
24 hours	12° 05' 25.3"	835.31 mi	east	5° 00' 19.3"	343.93 mi	south	904.05 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
Cali	Fri 9:18 AM	80 km	50 miles	43 nm	NW
Buenaventura	Fri 9:18 AM	161 km	100 miles	87 nm	NW
Ibagué	Fri 9:18 AM	187 km	116 miles	101 nm	NNE
Pereira	Fri 9:18 AM	218 km	135 miles	118 nm	N
San Juan de Pasto	Fri 9:18 AM	233 km	145 miles	126 nm	SW
Manizales	Fri 9:18 AM	247 km	153 miles	133 nm	NNE
Bogota	Fri 9:18 AM	289 km	180 miles	156 nm	NE
Villavicencio	Fri 9:18 AM	299 km	186 miles	161 nm	ENE
Medellin	Fri 9:18 AM	376 km	234 miles	203 nm	N
Quito	Fri 9:18 AM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	SW