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 16:46:00 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 16:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 12'	South
Longitude:	64° 06'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.11 meters/second, 1501.6 km/hour, 933.0 miles/hour or 810.8 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' 21.10"	15.55 mi	west	0° 00' 03.7"	0.07 mi	south	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 00.9"	932.80 mi	west	0° 03' 36.8"	4.14 mi	south	932.63 mi
24 hours	15° 13' 55.8"	988.94 mi	east	0° 43' 04.6"	49.40 mi	south	987.87 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
Sucre	Wed 12:46 PM	178 km	110 miles	96 nm	NW
Potosi	Wed 12:46 PM	186 km	116 miles	100 nm	WNW
Santa Cruz	Wed 12:46 PM	284 km	176 miles	153 nm	NNE
Salta	Wed 1:46 PM	525 km	326 miles	284 nm	SSW
La Paz	Wed 12:46 PM	591 km	367 miles	319 nm	NW
Tucumán	Wed 1:46 PM	742 km	461 miles	401 nm	S
Asuncion *	Wed 1:46 PM	870 km	540 miles	470 nm	SE
Córdoba	Wed 1:46 PM	1243 km	772 miles	671 nm	S
Rosario	Wed 1:46 PM	1453 km	903 miles	785 nm	SSE
Santiago *	Wed 1:46 PM	1604 km	997 miles	866 nm	SSW