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 Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 18:06:00 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: 35%

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 Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 18:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 29'	South
Longitude:	21° 03'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.59 meters/second, 1514.1 km/hour, 940.8 miles/hour or 817.6 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' 25.2"	15.68 mi	west	0° 00' 04.9"	0.09 mi	north	15.68 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 20.7"	940.64 mi	west	0° 04' 55.4"	5.64 mi	north	940.89 mi
24 hours	13° 29' 52.1"	880.37 mi	east	2° 29' 01.3"	170.83 mi	north	903.11 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
Jamestown	Sat 6:06 PM	1673 km	1039 miles	903 nm	ENE
Recife	Sat 3:06 PM	1953 km	1213 miles	1054 nm	NW
Salvador	Sat 3:06 PM	1996 km	1241 miles	1078 nm	WNW
Rio de Janeiro	Sat 3:06 PM	2327 km	1446 miles	1257 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Sat 3:06 PM	2580 km	1603 miles	1393 nm	NW
São Paulo	Sat 3:06 PM	2685 km	1668 miles	1450 nm	WSW
Brasilia	Sat 3:06 PM	2873 km	1785 miles	1551 nm	W
Monrovia	Sat 6:06 PM	3066 km	1905 miles	1656 nm	NNE
Freetown	Sat 6:06 PM	3210 km	1995 miles	1733 nm	NNE
Conakry	Sat 6:06 PM	3306 km	2054 miles	1785 nm	NNE