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, December 9, 2012 at 13:36:00 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: 20%

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 Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 13:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 13'	South
Longitude:	80° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.96 meters/second, 1573.1 km/hour, 977.5 miles/hour or 849.4 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' 27.2"	16.29 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	south	16.29 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 15.4"	977.28 mi	west	0° 10' 33.1"	12.09 mi	south	977.03 mi
24 hours	13° 31' 41.7"	914.68 mi	east	3° 52' 48.9"	266.78 mi	south	945.67 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	Sun 8:36 AM	408 km	254 miles	220 nm	E
Guayaquil	Sun 8:36 AM	1110 km	690 miles	599 nm	N
Quito	Sun 8:36 AM	1349 km	838 miles	728 nm	N
La Paz	Sun 9:36 AM	1444 km	898 miles	780 nm	ESE
Galapagos Islands	Sun 7:36 AM	1585 km	985 miles	856 nm	NW
Cali	Sun 8:36 AM	1791 km	1113 miles	967 nm	NNE
Sucre	Sun 9:36 AM	1826 km	1135 miles	986 nm	ESE
Bogota	Sun 8:36 AM	2005 km	1246 miles	1083 nm	NNE
Panama	Sun 8:36 AM	2349 km	1460 miles	1269 nm	N
San Jose	Sun 7:36 AM	2476 km	1539 miles	1337 nm	N