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 Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 16:08:00 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: 2%

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 Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 16:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 12'	South
Longitude:	50° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.01 meters/second, 1540.9 km/hour, 957.4 miles/hour or 832.0 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' 24.6"	15.96 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	south	15.96 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 31.6"	957.23 mi	west	0° 08' 41.2"	9.96 mi	south	956.93 mi
24 hours	14° 25' 46.4"	958.60 mi	east	2° 54' 45.4"	200.32 mi	south	971.96 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
Barra do Garças	Tue 1:08 PM	161 km	100 miles	87 nm	WNW
Goiânia	Tue 1:08 PM	169 km	105 miles	91 nm	ESE
Anápolis	Tue 1:08 PM	195 km	121 miles	106 nm	E
Brasilia	Tue 1:08 PM	314 km	195 miles	170 nm	E
São Paulo	Tue 1:08 PM	925 km	574 miles	499 nm	SSE
Rio de Janeiro	Tue 1:08 PM	1094 km	680 miles	591 nm	SE
Asuncion *	Tue 1:08 PM	1232 km	766 miles	665 nm	SW
Salvador	Tue 1:08 PM	1373 km	853 miles	741 nm	ENE
Sucre	Tue 12:08 PM	1567 km	974 miles	846 nm	WSW
Belém	Tue 1:08 PM	1651 km	1026 miles	891 nm	N