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 Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 14:36:00 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: 1%

Previous phase	New Moon	Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10:08 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 2:32 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 14:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 04'	South
Longitude:	32° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.51 meters/second, 1503.0 km/hour, 933.9 miles/hour or 811.6 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' 22.1"	15.57 mi	west	0° 00' 04.0"	0.08 mi	south	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 04.3"	933.69 mi	west	0° 03' 56.8"	4.53 mi	south	933.51 mi
24 hours	15° 13' 47.5"	989.67 mi	east	0° 51' 18.10"	58.84 mi	south	988.69 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	Wed 11:36 AM	981 km	610 miles	530 nm	NW
Rio de Janeiro *	Wed 12:36 PM	1106 km	687 miles	597 nm	WSW
Recife	Wed 11:36 AM	1339 km	832 miles	723 nm	N
São Paulo *	Wed 12:36 PM	1465 km	910 miles	791 nm	WSW
Brasilia *	Wed 12:36 PM	1649 km	1024 miles	890 nm	WNW
Fortaleza	Wed 11:36 AM	1904 km	1183 miles	1028 nm	NNW
Asuncion *	Wed 11:36 AM	2596 km	1613 miles	1402 nm	WSW
Belém	Wed 11:36 AM	2663 km	1654 miles	1438 nm	NW
Montevideo *	Wed 12:36 PM	2810 km	1746 miles	1517 nm	SW
Jamestown	Wed 2:36 PM	2918 km	1813 miles	1576 nm	E