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 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 15:36:00 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: 7%

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 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 15:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 04'	South
Longitude:	28° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.75 meters/second, 1514.7 km/hour, 941.2 miles/hour or 817.9 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' 23.4"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 05.7"	0.11 mi	south	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 24.2"	940.95 mi	west	0° 05' 42.8"	6.55 mi	south	940.70 mi
24 hours	14° 44' 09.2"	963.55 mi	east	1° 37' 13.3"	111.47 mi	south	965.16 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
Salvador	Wed 12:36 PM	1246 km	774 miles	673 nm	WNW
Recife	Wed 12:36 PM	1385 km	861 miles	748 nm	NNW
Rio de Janeiro	Wed 12:36 PM	1567 km	974 miles	846 nm	WSW
São Paulo	Wed 12:36 PM	1926 km	1197 miles	1040 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Wed 12:36 PM	2007 km	1247 miles	1084 nm	NNW
Brasilia	Wed 12:36 PM	2070 km	1286 miles	1118 nm	W
Jamestown	Wed 3:36 PM	2462 km	1530 miles	1329 nm	E
Belém	Wed 12:36 PM	2908 km	1807 miles	1570 nm	NW
Asuncion *	Wed 12:36 PM	3058 km	1900 miles	1651 nm	WSW
Montevideo *	Wed 1:36 PM	3227 km	2005 miles	1742 nm	SW