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 15:26:00 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: 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 15:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 07'	South
Longitude:	44° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.35 meters/second, 1502.5 km/hour, 933.6 miles/hour or 811.3 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' 22.0"	15.56 mi	west	0° 00' 03.8"	0.07 mi	south	15.56 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 02.9"	933.34 mi	west	0° 03' 49.1"	4.38 mi	south	933.16 mi
24 hours	15° 13' 52.4"	989.41 mi	east	0° 48' 09.0"	55.21 mi	south	988.38 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
Belo Horizonte *	Wed 1:26 PM	116 km	72 miles	63 nm	ENE
Juiz de Fora *	Wed 1:26 PM	246 km	153 miles	133 nm	SE
Pirassununga *	Wed 1:26 PM	332 km	206 miles	179 nm	SW
Niterói *	Wed 1:26 PM	363 km	225 miles	196 nm	SSE
Rio de Janeiro *	Wed 1:26 PM	365 km	227 miles	197 nm	SSE
Campinas *	Wed 1:26 PM	381 km	237 miles	206 nm	SW
São Paulo *	Wed 1:26 PM	420 km	261 miles	227 nm	SSW
Santos *	Wed 1:26 PM	450 km	280 miles	243 nm	SSW
Vitória *	Wed 1:26 PM	480 km	298 miles	259 nm	E
Brasilia *	Wed 1:26 PM	571 km	355 miles	308 nm	NNW