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 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

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 18:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 28'	South
Longitude:	78° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.36 meters/second, 1538.5 km/hour, 956.0 miles/hour or 830.7 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' 24.3"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	south	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 24.9"	955.77 mi	west	0° 08' 28.3"	9.71 mi	south	955.47 mi
24 hours	14° 27' 55.0"	959.64 mi	east	2° 48' 56.6"	193.66 mi	south	971.75 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
Lima	Tue 1:02 PM	503 km	313 miles	272 nm	NNE
La Paz	Tue 2:02 PM	1071 km	666 miles	578 nm	E
Sucre	Tue 2:02 PM	1397 km	868 miles	754 nm	ESE
Guayaquil	Tue 1:02 PM	1588 km	987 miles	857 nm	N
Quito	Tue 1:02 PM	1796 km	1116 miles	970 nm	N
Santiago *	Tue 3:02 PM	2024 km	1258 miles	1093 nm	SSE
Galapagos Islands	Tue 12:02 PM	2130 km	1324 miles	1150 nm	NW
Córdoba	Tue 3:02 PM	2180 km	1354 miles	1177 nm	SE
Asuncion *	Tue 3:02 PM	2344 km	1457 miles	1266 nm	ESE
Bogota	Tue 1:02 PM	2377 km	1477 miles	1283 nm	N