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 Friday, October 19, 2012 at 17:24:00 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: 24%

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 Friday, October 19, 2012 at 17:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 49'	South
Longitude:	25° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.25 meters/second, 1498.5 km/hour, 931.1 miles/hour or 809.1 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' 23.7"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 01.6"	0.03 mi	north	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 46.8"	930.91 mi	west	0° 01' 38.4"	1.88 mi	north	931.00 mi
24 hours	14° 13' 07.4"	919.44 mi	east	1° 17' 10.6"	88.49 mi	north	927.50 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	Fri 2:24 PM	1662 km	1033 miles	897 nm	WNW
Recife	Fri 2:24 PM	1753 km	1089 miles	946 nm	NW
Rio de Janeiro	Fri 2:24 PM	1875 km	1165 miles	1012 nm	W
Jamestown	Fri 5:24 PM	2125 km	1320 miles	1147 nm	ENE
São Paulo	Fri 2:24 PM	2231 km	1386 miles	1205 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Fri 2:24 PM	2383 km	1480 miles	1286 nm	NW
Brasilia	Fri 2:24 PM	2462 km	1530 miles	1329 nm	W
Belém	Fri 2:24 PM	3317 km	2061 miles	1791 nm	NW
Asuncion *	Fri 2:24 PM	3355 km	2085 miles	1812 nm	WSW
Monrovia	Fri 5:24 PM	3388 km	2105 miles	1830 nm	NNE