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 19:06:00 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%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, November 16, 2012 at 19:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 19° 59' | South |
| Longitude: | 67° 27' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.35 meters/second, 1506.1 km/hour, 935.8 miles/hour or 813.2 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' 23.4" | 15.60 mi | west | 0° 00' 04.1" | 0.08 mi | north | 15.60 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 23' 24.2" | 935.62 mi | west | 0° 04' 08.9" | 4.76 mi | north | 935.84 mi |
| 24 hours | 14° 15' 29.8" | 927.06 mi | east | 2° 14' 57.1" | 154.71 mi | north | 946.14 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 |
|---|
| Potosi | Fri 3:06 PM | 183 km | 114 miles | 99 nm | ENE |
| Oruro | Fri 3:06 PM | 223 km | 138 miles | 120 nm | N |
| Sucre | Fri 3:06 PM | 252 km | 156 miles | 136 nm | ENE |
| La Paz | Fri 3:06 PM | 391 km | 243 miles | 211 nm | N |
| Santa Cruz | Fri 3:06 PM | 510 km | 317 miles | 276 nm | ENE |
| Salta | Fri 4:06 PM | 572 km | 356 miles | 309 nm | SSE |
| Arequipa | Fri 2:06 PM | 585 km | 364 miles | 316 nm | NW |
| Tucumán | Fri 4:06 PM | 792 km | 492 miles | 427 nm | SSE |
| Asuncion * | Fri 4:06 PM | 1166 km | 725 miles | 630 nm | ESE |
| Córdoba | Fri 4:06 PM | 1309 km | 813 miles | 707 nm | SSE |
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