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 Monday, November 12, 2012 at 13:16:00 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: 3%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 12:36 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10:08 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, November 12, 2012 at 13:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 01'	South
Longitude:	42° 59'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.82 meters/second, 1558.2 km/hour, 968.2 miles/hour or 841.3 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"	16.14 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	south	16.14 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 18.3"	967.99 mi	west	0° 10' 04.5"	11.54 mi	south	967.71 mi
24 hours	14° 15' 33.1"	957.09 mi	east	3° 34' 19.0"	245.62 mi	south	980.27 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
Vitória da Conquista	Mon 10:16 AM	248 km	154 miles	134 nm	ESE
Salvador	Mon 10:16 AM	501 km	311 miles	271 nm	ENE
Brasilia *	Mon 11:16 AM	562 km	349 miles	304 nm	WSW
Belo Horizonte *	Mon 11:16 AM	643 km	399 miles	347 nm	S
Rio de Janeiro *	Mon 11:16 AM	992 km	616 miles	535 nm	S
Recife	Mon 10:16 AM	1100 km	684 miles	594 nm	NE
São Paulo *	Mon 11:16 AM	1125 km	699 miles	608 nm	SSW
Fortaleza	Mon 10:16 AM	1234 km	767 miles	666 nm	NNE
Belém	Mon 10:16 AM	1515 km	942 miles	818 nm	NNW
Asuncion *	Mon 10:16 AM	1976 km	1228 miles	1067 nm	SW