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

Latitude:	17° 42'	South
Longitude:	55° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.04 meters/second, 1530.1 km/hour, 950.8 miles/hour or 826.2 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' 25.4"	15.85 mi	west	0° 00' 07.1"	0.13 mi	north	15.85 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 29.3"	950.63 mi	west	0° 07' 06.6"	8.15 mi	north	950.97 mi
24 hours	13° 21' 46.0"	880.67 mi	east	3° 16' 47.5"	225.54 mi	north	916.38 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
Cuiabá *	Sat 4:16 PM	246 km	153 miles	133 nm	NNW
Barra do Garças	Sat 4:16 PM	408 km	253 miles	220 nm	ENE
Goiânia *	Sat 5:16 PM	678 km	421 miles	366 nm	E
Brasilia *	Sat 5:16 PM	849 km	527 miles	458 nm	ENE
Asuncion *	Sat 4:16 PM	865 km	538 miles	467 nm	SSW
Sucre	Sat 3:16 PM	1033 km	642 miles	558 nm	W
São Paulo *	Sat 5:16 PM	1136 km	706 miles	613 nm	SE
La Paz	Sat 3:16 PM	1341 km	833 miles	724 nm	W
Rio de Janeiro *	Sat 5:16 PM	1420 km	882 miles	766 nm	ESE
Manaus	Sat 3:16 PM	1685 km	1047 miles	910 nm	NNW