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, October 15, 2012 at 18:02:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, October 22, 2012 at 3:32 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, October 15, 2012 at 18:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 34'	South
Longitude:	92° 05'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.72 meters/second, 1568.6 km/hour, 974.7 miles/hour or 847.0 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' 25.9"	16.24 mi	west	0° 00' 10.7"	0.21 mi	south	16.25 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 58.7"	974.52 mi	west	0° 10' 47.5"	12.37 mi	south	974.25 mi
24 hours	13° 55' 01.0"	939.68 mi	east	3° 54' 06.7"	268.28 mi	south	969.65 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
Galapagos Islands	Mon 12:02 PM	1319 km	820 miles	712 nm	NNE
Lima	Mon 1:02 PM	1638 km	1018 miles	884 nm	E
Guayaquil	Mon 1:02 PM	1765 km	1097 miles	953 nm	NE
Quito	Mon 1:02 PM	2027 km	1260 miles	1095 nm	NE
Easter Island *	Mon 1:02 PM	2413 km	1499 miles	1303 nm	SW
La Paz	Mon 2:02 PM	2616 km	1626 miles	1413 nm	ESE
San Jose	Mon 12:02 PM	2641 km	1641 miles	1426 nm	NNE
Bogota	Mon 1:02 PM	2754 km	1711 miles	1487 nm	NE
Panama	Mon 1:02 PM	2760 km	1715 miles	1490 nm	NNE
Managua	Mon 12:02 PM	2808 km	1745 miles	1516 nm	NNE