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 Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 18:24:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 5%

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 Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 18:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 55'	South
Longitude:	72° 20'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.20 meters/second, 1494.7 km/hour, 928.8 miles/hour or 807.1 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"	15.48 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	15.48 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 04.8"	928.54 mi	west	0° 00' 27.3"	0.52 mi	north	928.56 mi
24 hours	14° 57' 30.6"	966.67 mi	east	0° 53' 10.9"	60.98 mi	north	971.40 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
Iquique *	Thu 3:24 PM	238 km	148 miles	129 nm	ENE
Arequipa	Thu 1:24 PM	504 km	313 miles	272 nm	N
La Paz	Thu 2:24 PM	659 km	409 miles	356 nm	NE
Sucre	Thu 2:24 PM	768 km	477 miles	415 nm	ENE
Salta	Thu 3:24 PM	830 km	516 miles	448 nm	ESE
Tucumán	Thu 3:24 PM	976 km	607 miles	527 nm	SE
Lima	Thu 1:24 PM	1101 km	684 miles	594 nm	NNW
Mendoza	Thu 3:24 PM	1373 km	853 miles	741 nm	SSE
Santiago *	Thu 3:24 PM	1397 km	868 miles	755 nm	S
Córdoba	Thu 3:24 PM	1420 km	883 miles	767 nm	SSE