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, December 10, 2012 at 12:26:00 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: 12%

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 Monday, December 10, 2012 at 12:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 55'	South
Longitude:	50° 26'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.89 meters/second, 1544.0 km/hour, 959.4 miles/hour or 833.7 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' 25.2"	15.99 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	south	15.99 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 06.5"	959.18 mi	west	0° 08' 43.7"	10.01 mi	south	958.88 mi
24 hours	14° 21' 58.2"	955.70 mi	east	2° 59' 00.0"	205.18 mi	south	970.10 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
Goiânia *	Mon 10:26 AM	150 km	93 miles	81 nm	SE
Anápolis *	Mon 10:26 AM	163 km	101 miles	88 nm	ESE
Barra do Garças	Mon 9:26 AM	196 km	122 miles	106 nm	W
Brasilia *	Mon 10:26 AM	274 km	170 miles	148 nm	E
São Paulo *	Mon 10:26 AM	935 km	581 miles	505 nm	SSE
Rio de Janeiro *	Mon 10:26 AM	1089 km	677 miles	588 nm	SE
Asuncion *	Mon 9:26 AM	1279 km	795 miles	690 nm	SW
Salvador	Mon 9:26 AM	1329 km	826 miles	718 nm	ENE
Sucre	Mon 8:26 AM	1611 km	1001 miles	870 nm	WSW
Belém	Mon 9:26 AM	1615 km	1004 miles	872 nm	N