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 Friday, November 16, 2012 at 17:14:00 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: 11%

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 Friday, November 16, 2012 at 17:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 06'	South
Longitude:	40° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.96 meters/second, 1504.6 km/hour, 934.9 miles/hour or 812.4 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' 23.2"	15.58 mi	west	0° 00' 03.7"	0.07 mi	north	15.58 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 16.0"	934.75 mi	west	0° 03' 53.3"	4.46 mi	north	934.95 mi
24 hours	14° 19' 18.2"	930.46 mi	east	2° 09' 22.1"	148.31 mi	north	948.29 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
Vitória *	Fri 3:14 PM	34 km	21 miles	19 nm	SE
Campos *	Fri 3:14 PM	197 km	123 miles	106 nm	SSW
Governador Valadares *	Fri 3:14 PM	203 km	126 miles	110 nm	NW
Belo Horizonte *	Fri 3:14 PM	349 km	217 miles	188 nm	W
Niterói *	Fri 3:14 PM	405 km	252 miles	219 nm	SW
Rio de Janeiro *	Fri 3:14 PM	416 km	259 miles	225 nm	SW
São Paulo *	Fri 3:14 PM	733 km	456 miles	396 nm	WSW
Salvador	Fri 2:14 PM	821 km	510 miles	443 nm	NNE
Brasilia *	Fri 3:14 PM	908 km	564 miles	490 nm	WNW
Recife	Fri 2:14 PM	1463 km	909 miles	790 nm	NNE