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 19:24:00 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 19:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 42'	South
Longitude:	57° 31'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.08 meters/second, 1530.3 km/hour, 950.9 miles/hour or 826.3 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' 25.4"	15.85 mi	west	0° 00' 07.1"	0.14 mi	north	15.85 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 30.1"	950.72 mi	west	0° 07' 07.4"	8.17 mi	north	951.07 mi
24 hours	13° 21' 27.6"	880.41 mi	east	3° 17' 04.7"	225.87 mi	north	916.21 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
Barra do Garças	Sat 4:24 PM	594 km	369 miles	321 nm	ENE
Santa Cruz	Sat 3:24 PM	601 km	374 miles	325 nm	W
Sucre	Sat 3:24 PM	832 km	517 miles	449 nm	WSW
Asuncion *	Sat 4:24 PM	841 km	522 miles	454 nm	S
Brasilia *	Sat 5:24 PM	1048 km	651 miles	566 nm	E
La Paz	Sat 3:24 PM	1138 km	707 miles	614 nm	W
São Paulo *	Sat 5:24 PM	1306 km	812 miles	705 nm	ESE
Rio de Janeiro *	Sat 5:24 PM	1605 km	997 miles	867 nm	ESE
Manaus	Sat 3:24 PM	1636 km	1016 miles	883 nm	N
Córdoba	Sat 4:24 PM	1662 km	1033 miles	897 nm	SSW