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 17:46:00 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 hard 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 17:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 16'	South
Longitude:	78° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.94 meters/second, 1501.0 km/hour, 932.7 miles/hour or 810.5 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' 21.9"	15.55 mi	west	0° 00' 03.4"	0.07 mi	south	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 59.4"	932.41 mi	west	0° 03' 27.5"	3.96 mi	south	932.25 mi
24 hours	15° 13' 54.7"	988.54 mi	east	0° 39' 16.1"	45.03 mi	south	987.46 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
Lima	Wed 12:46 PM	920 km	572 miles	497 nm	N
La Paz	Wed 1:46 PM	1168 km	726 miles	631 nm	ENE
Sucre	Wed 1:46 PM	1391 km	864 miles	751 nm	E
Santiago *	Wed 2:46 PM	1651 km	1026 miles	892 nm	SSE
Córdoba	Wed 2:46 PM	1889 km	1174 miles	1020 nm	SE
Guayaquil	Wed 12:46 PM	2002 km	1244 miles	1081 nm	N
Asuncion *	Wed 2:46 PM	2207 km	1371 miles	1192 nm	ESE
Quito	Wed 12:46 PM	2215 km	1376 miles	1196 nm	N
Galapagos Islands	Wed 11:46 AM	2461 km	1529 miles	1329 nm	NNW
Buenos Aires	Wed 2:46 PM	2535 km	1575 miles	1369 nm	SE