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 20:56:00 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: 32%

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 20:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 10'	South
Longitude:	66° 20'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.79 meters/second, 1561.6 km/hour, 970.4 miles/hour or 843.2 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' 27.9"	16.17 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.17 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 56.6"	970.27 mi	west	0° 09' 21.4"	10.72 mi	north	970.66 mi
24 hours	12° 24' 44.1"	832.57 mi	east	4° 00' 49.8"	275.93 mi	north	883.40 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
Trinidad	Sun 4:56 PM	171 km	106 miles	92 nm	ESE
La Paz	Sun 4:56 PM	322 km	200 miles	174 nm	SW
Rio Branco	Sun 4:56 PM	491 km	305 miles	265 nm	NNW
Santa Cruz	Sun 4:56 PM	523 km	325 miles	282 nm	SE
Sucre	Sun 4:56 PM	550 km	342 miles	297 nm	SSE
Arequipa	Sun 3:56 PM	611 km	380 miles	330 nm	WSW
Porto Velho	Sun 4:56 PM	656 km	407 miles	354 nm	NNE
Lima	Sun 3:56 PM	1184 km	735 miles	639 nm	W
Manaus	Sun 4:56 PM	1406 km	873 miles	759 nm	NNE
Asuncion *	Sun 5:56 PM	1530 km	951 miles	826 nm	SE