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.

View Day and Night Map

Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 18:34:00 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 18:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 01'	South
Longitude:	59° 46'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.23 meters/second, 1505.6 km/hour, 935.6 miles/hour or 813.0 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' 21.9"	935.37 mi	west	0° 04' 04.3"	4.67 mi	north	935.58 mi
24 hours	14° 16' 35.5"	928.04 mi	east	2° 13' 22.2"	152.90 mi	north	946.76 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
Santa Cruz	Fri 2:34 PM	436 km	271 miles	235 nm	NW
Sucre	Fri 2:34 PM	587 km	364 miles	317 nm	W
Asuncion *	Fri 3:34 PM	623 km	387 miles	337 nm	SSE
Salta	Fri 3:34 PM	784 km	487 miles	423 nm	SW
Tucumán	Fri 3:34 PM	937 km	582 miles	506 nm	SW
La Paz	Fri 2:34 PM	965 km	600 miles	521 nm	WNW
Córdoba	Fri 3:34 PM	1338 km	831 miles	722 nm	SSW
Brasilia *	Fri 4:34 PM	1343 km	834 miles	725 nm	ENE
São Paulo *	Fri 4:34 PM	1414 km	878 miles	763 nm	ESE
Rosario	Fri 3:34 PM	1436 km	892 miles	775 nm	S