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 Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 08:24:00 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: 73%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 08:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 12'	North
Longitude:	63° 20'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.13 meters/second, 1588.1 km/hour, 986.8 miles/hour or 857.5 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' 32.4"	16.45 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	south	16.45 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 24.5"	986.70 mi	west	0° 09' 29.0"	10.87 mi	south	987.03 mi
24 hours	11° 01' 05.8"	747.74 mi	east	4° 02' 10.3"	277.41 mi	south	801.82 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
Cumaná	Tue 3:54 AM	123 km	76 miles	66 nm	SW
Saint George's	Tue 4:24 AM	200 km	124 miles	108 nm	ENE
Port of Spain	Tue 4:24 AM	209 km	130 miles	113 nm	ESE
Kingstown	Tue 4:24 AM	316 km	196 miles	171 nm	NE
Vieux Fort	Tue 4:24 AM	381 km	237 miles	206 nm	NE
Caracas	Tue 3:54 AM	396 km	246 miles	214 nm	W
Castries	Tue 4:24 AM	403 km	251 miles	218 nm	NE
Fort-de-France	Tue 4:24 AM	450 km	280 miles	243 nm	NNE
Bridgetown	Tue 4:24 AM	456 km	284 miles	246 nm	ENE
Maracay	Tue 3:54 AM	461 km	287 miles	249 nm	WSW