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 Saturday, October 13, 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: 5%

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 Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 14:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 08'	South
Longitude:	63° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.72 meters/second, 1611.8 km/hour, 1001.5 miles/hour or 870.3 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' 29.1"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 12.6"	0.24 mi	south	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 13.5"	1001.46 mi	west	0° 12' 40.3"	14.51 mi	south	1001.49 mi
24 hours	12° 33' 39.10"	868.32 mi	east	5° 01' 47.4"	345.64 mi	south	932.23 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
Manaus	Sat 10:18 AM	446 km	277 miles	241 nm	ESE
Boa Vista	Sat 10:18 AM	656 km	408 miles	354 nm	NNE
Rio Branco	Sat 10:18 AM	969 km	602 miles	523 nm	SSW
Georgetown	Sat 10:18 AM	1178 km	732 miles	636 nm	NNE
Paramaribo	Sat 11:18 AM	1311 km	815 miles	708 nm	NE
Bogota	Sat 9:18 AM	1356 km	843 miles	732 nm	WNW
Caracas	Sat 9:48 AM	1435 km	892 miles	775 nm	NNW
Port of Spain	Sat 10:18 AM	1439 km	894 miles	777 nm	N
Cayenne	Sat 11:18 AM	1507 km	936 miles	814 nm	ENE
Cali	Sat 9:18 AM	1528 km	950 miles	825 nm	WNW