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 19:16:00 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 19:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 58'	South
Longitude:	69° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.38 meters/second, 1506.2 km/hour, 935.9 miles/hour or 813.3 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' 24.9"	935.70 mi	west	0° 04' 10.2"	4.78 mi	north	935.92 mi
24 hours	14° 15' 09.3"	926.76 mi	east	2° 15' 26.7"	155.28 mi	north	945.95 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
Iquique *	Fri 4:16 PM	44 km	27 miles	24 nm	SW
Arica *	Fri 4:16 PM	172 km	107 miles	93 nm	NNW
La Paz	Fri 3:16 PM	424 km	263 miles	229 nm	NNE
Arequipa	Fri 2:16 PM	432 km	268 miles	233 nm	NNW
Sucre	Fri 3:16 PM	492 km	306 miles	265 nm	ENE
Salta	Fri 4:16 PM	703 km	437 miles	379 nm	SE
Tucumán	Fri 4:16 PM	894 km	556 miles	483 nm	SSE
Lima	Fri 2:16 PM	1165 km	724 miles	629 nm	NW
Asuncion *	Fri 4:16 PM	1385 km	861 miles	748 nm	ESE
Córdoba	Fri 4:16 PM	1390 km	864 miles	751 nm	SSE