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 19:26:00 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 19:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 41'	South
Longitude:	57° 60'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.09 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' 30.2"	950.75 mi	west	0° 07' 07.6"	8.17 mi	north	951.10 mi
24 hours	13° 21' 23.0"	880.34 mi	east	3° 17' 08.9"	225.95 mi	north	916.17 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
Santa Cruz	Sat 3:26 PM	550 km	342 miles	297 nm	W
Barra do Garças	Sat 4:26 PM	643 km	399 miles	347 nm	ENE
Sucre	Sat 3:26 PM	782 km	486 miles	422 nm	WSW
Asuncion *	Sat 4:26 PM	842 km	523 miles	454 nm	S
La Paz	Sat 3:26 PM	1087 km	675 miles	587 nm	W
Brasilia *	Sat 5:26 PM	1098 km	682 miles	593 nm	E
São Paulo *	Sat 5:26 PM	1350 km	839 miles	729 nm	ESE
Manaus	Sat 3:26 PM	1627 km	1011 miles	879 nm	N
Córdoba	Sat 4:26 PM	1643 km	1021 miles	887 nm	SSW
Rio de Janeiro *	Sat 5:26 PM	1652 km	1027 miles	892 nm	ESE