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 18:56:00 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 18:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 25'	South
Longitude:	33° 04'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.79 meters/second, 1514.9 km/hour, 941.3 miles/hour or 818.0 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' 25.4"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 05.0"	0.09 mi	north	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 24.4"	941.10 mi	west	0° 05' 01.4"	5.76 mi	north	941.36 mi
24 hours	13° 28' 15.5"	878.99 mi	east	2° 31' 09.9"	173.28 mi	north	902.27 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	Sat 3:56 PM	918 km	571 miles	496 nm	NW
Rio de Janeiro	Sat 3:56 PM	1121 km	697 miles	605 nm	WSW
Recife	Sat 3:56 PM	1267 km	787 miles	684 nm	N
São Paulo	Sat 3:56 PM	1478 km	918 miles	798 nm	WSW
Brasilia	Sat 3:56 PM	1622 km	1008 miles	876 nm	WNW
Fortaleza	Sat 3:56 PM	1833 km	1139 miles	990 nm	NNW
Belém	Sat 3:56 PM	2602 km	1617 miles	1405 nm	NW
Asuncion *	Sat 3:56 PM	2608 km	1621 miles	1408 nm	WSW
Montevideo *	Sat 4:56 PM	2849 km	1770 miles	1538 nm	SW
Jamestown	Sat 6:56 PM	2925 km	1817 miles	1579 nm	E