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, December 8, 2012 at 12:16:00 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: 30%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 12:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 29'	South
Longitude:	74° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.32 meters/second, 1599.6 km/hour, 993.9 miles/hour or 863.7 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' 29.3"	16.56 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	south	16.57 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 23.5"	993.81 mi	west	0° 11' 38.5"	13.33 mi	south	993.68 mi
24 hours	12° 36' 56.0"	865.27 mi	east	4° 29' 25.1"	308.63 mi	south	913.63 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
Lima	Sat 7:16 AM	598 km	371 miles	323 nm	SSW
Rio Branco	Sat 8:16 AM	747 km	464 miles	403 nm	ESE
Guayaquil	Sat 7:16 AM	866 km	538 miles	468 nm	NW
Quito	Sat 7:16 AM	938 km	583 miles	506 nm	NNW
La Paz	Sat 8:16 AM	1192 km	740 miles	643 nm	SSE
Cali	Sat 7:16 AM	1233 km	766 miles	666 nm	NNW
Bogota	Sat 7:16 AM	1340 km	833 miles	724 nm	N
Medellin	Sat 7:16 AM	1528 km	949 miles	825 nm	N
Sucre	Sat 8:16 AM	1597 km	992 miles	862 nm	SE
Manaus	Sat 8:16 AM	1636 km	1016 miles	883 nm	ENE