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 Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 13:26:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

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 Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 13:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 36'	South
Longitude:	31° 08'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.28 meters/second, 1527.4 km/hour, 949.1 miles/hour or 824.7 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"	15.82 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.14 mi	south	15.82 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 22.1"	948.85 mi	west	0° 07' 30.0"	8.60 mi	south	948.56 mi
24 hours	14° 55' 28.1"	984.11 mi	east	2° 22' 31.8"	163.40 mi	south	990.90 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	Tue 10:26 AM	942 km	585 miles	509 nm	WNW
Recife	Tue 10:26 AM	1128 km	701 miles	609 nm	NNW
Rio de Janeiro *	Tue 11:26 AM	1392 km	865 miles	751 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Tue 10:26 AM	1735 km	1078 miles	937 nm	NNW
São Paulo *	Tue 11:26 AM	1745 km	1084 miles	942 nm	WSW
Brasilia *	Tue 11:26 AM	1798 km	1117 miles	971 nm	W
Belém	Tue 10:26 AM	2607 km	1620 miles	1408 nm	NW
Jamestown	Tue 1:26 PM	2713 km	1686 miles	1465 nm	E
Asuncion *	Tue 10:26 AM	2870 km	1784 miles	1550 nm	WSW
Montevideo *	Tue 11:26 AM	3135 km	1948 miles	1693 nm	SW