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 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: 12%

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 18:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 01'	South
Longitude:	57° 22'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.20 meters/second, 1505.5 km/hour, 935.5 miles/hour or 812.9 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"	15.59 mi	west	0° 00' 04.0"	0.08 mi	north	15.59 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 21.2"	935.29 mi	west	0° 04' 03.0"	4.64 mi	north	935.50 mi
24 hours	14° 16' 56.0"	928.34 mi	east	2° 12' 52.4"	152.33 mi	north	946.95 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
Asuncion *	Fri 3:24 PM	583 km	362 miles	315 nm	S
Santa Cruz	Fri 2:24 PM	660 km	410 miles	357 nm	WNW
Ciudad del Este *	Fri 3:24 PM	670 km	417 miles	362 nm	SSE
Sucre	Fri 2:24 PM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	W
Salta	Fri 3:24 PM	980 km	609 miles	529 nm	SW
Brasilia *	Fri 4:24 PM	1109 km	689 miles	599 nm	ENE
São Paulo *	Fri 4:24 PM	1177 km	732 miles	636 nm	ESE
La Paz	Fri 2:24 PM	1202 km	747 miles	649 nm	WNW
Córdoba	Fri 3:24 PM	1434 km	891 miles	774 nm	SSW
Rosario	Fri 3:24 PM	1469 km	913 miles	793 nm	SSW