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 Wednesday, December 12, 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

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

Latitude:	20° 37'	South
Longitude:	18° 37'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.89 meters/second, 1497.2 km/hour, 930.3 miles/hour or 808.4 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' 21.8"	15.51 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	south	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 46.0"	930.05 mi	west	0° 02' 24.1"	2.75 mi	south	929.93 mi
24 hours	15° 21' 09.5"	994.10 mi	east	0° 13' 15.7"	15.21 mi	south	993.49 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
Jamestown	Wed 12:16 PM	1458 km	906 miles	787 nm	ENE
Recife	Wed 9:16 AM	2232 km	1387 miles	1205 nm	NW
Salvador	Wed 9:16 AM	2278 km	1416 miles	1230 nm	WNW
Rio de Janeiro *	Wed 10:16 AM	2551 km	1585 miles	1378 nm	W
Fortaleza	Wed 9:16 AM	2857 km	1775 miles	1543 nm	NW
São Paulo *	Wed 10:16 AM	2905 km	1805 miles	1569 nm	WSW
Monrovia	Wed 12:16 PM	3098 km	1925 miles	1673 nm	NNE
Brasilia *	Wed 10:16 AM	3137 km	1949 miles	1694 nm	W
Freetown	Wed 12:16 PM	3272 km	2033 miles	1767 nm	N
Abidjan	Wed 12:16 PM	3282 km	2039 miles	1772 nm	NNE