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 Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 19:06:00 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: 31%

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 Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 19:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 27'	South
Longitude:	39° 49'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.16 meters/second, 1559.4 km/hour, 969.0 miles/hour or 842.0 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' 27.7"	16.15 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.15 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 46.4"	968.85 mi	west	0° 09' 13.6"	10.57 mi	north	969.25 mi
24 hours	12° 28' 34.4"	835.81 mi	east	3° 58' 23.4"	273.14 mi	north	885.73 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
Itabuna	Sun 4:06 PM	68 km	42 miles	37 nm	SE
Jequié	Sun 4:06 PM	72 km	45 miles	39 nm	NNW
Ilhéus	Sun 4:06 PM	88 km	55 miles	47 nm	ESE
Vitória da Conquista	Sun 4:06 PM	123 km	76 miles	66 nm	WSW
Salvador	Sun 4:06 PM	219 km	136 miles	118 nm	NE
Salvador	Sun 4:06 PM	219 km	136 miles	118 nm	NE
Vitória *	Sun 5:06 PM	651 km	405 miles	352 nm	S
Brasilia *	Sun 5:06 PM	880 km	546 miles	475 nm	W
Recife	Sun 4:06 PM	885 km	550 miles	478 nm	NE
Rio de Janeiro *	Sun 5:06 PM	1007 km	626 miles	544 nm	SSW