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 Monday, November 19, 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: 42%

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 Monday, November 19, 2012 at 19:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 25'	South
Longitude:	32° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.98 meters/second, 1587.5 km/hour, 986.5 miles/hour or 857.2 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' 29.9"	16.44 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.44 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 53.9"	986.41 mi	west	0° 10' 35.0"	12.13 mi	north	986.76 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 24.3"	796.50 mi	east	4° 22' 50.2"	301.07 mi	north	855.99 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
Recife	Mon 4:26 PM	393 km	244 miles	212 nm	NW
Maceió	Mon 4:26 PM	399 km	248 miles	215 nm	WNW
Natal	Mon 4:26 PM	616 km	383 miles	333 nm	NNW
Fernando de Noronha	Mon 5:26 PM	722 km	448 miles	390 nm	N
Salvador	Mon 4:26 PM	743 km	462 miles	401 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Mon 4:26 PM	1022 km	635 miles	552 nm	NW
Brasilia *	Mon 5:26 PM	1803 km	1121 miles	974 nm	WSW
Rio de Janeiro *	Mon 5:26 PM	1817 km	1129 miles	981 nm	SW
Belém	Mon 4:26 PM	2059 km	1279 miles	1112 nm	WNW
São Paulo *	Mon 5:26 PM	2115 km	1314 miles	1142 nm	SW