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 Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 18:56:00 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: 21%

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 Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 18:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 45'	South
Longitude:	50° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.93 meters/second, 1529.7 km/hour, 950.5 miles/hour or 826.0 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' 25.3"	15.84 mi	west	0° 00' 07.0"	0.13 mi	north	15.84 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 27.4"	950.39 mi	west	0° 07' 04.5"	8.11 mi	north	950.73 mi
24 hours	13° 22' 32.0"	881.32 mi	east	3° 16' 04.6"	224.72 mi	north	916.81 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
Itumbiara *	Sat 4:56 PM	182 km	113 miles	98 nm	ESE
Goiânia *	Sat 4:56 PM	195 km	121 miles	105 nm	NE
Barra do Garças	Sat 3:56 PM	259 km	161 miles	140 nm	NW
Brasilia *	Sat 4:56 PM	377 km	234 miles	204 nm	NE
Pirassununga *	Sat 4:56 PM	587 km	365 miles	317 nm	SE
São Paulo *	Sat 4:56 PM	776 km	482 miles	419 nm	SSE
Rio de Janeiro *	Sat 4:56 PM	981 km	610 miles	530 nm	SE
Asuncion *	Sat 3:56 PM	1095 km	681 miles	591 nm	SW
Salvador	Sat 3:56 PM	1422 km	884 miles	768 nm	ENE
Sucre	Sat 2:56 PM	1536 km	955 miles	830 nm	W