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 15:36:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible 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 15:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 44'	South
Longitude:	66° 29'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.50 meters/second, 1495.8 km/hour, 929.5 miles/hour or 807.7 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' 21.6"	15.49 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.04 mi	south	15.49 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 40.6"	929.20 mi	west	0° 01' 52.3"	2.15 mi	south	929.11 mi
24 hours	15° 21' 13.3"	993.36 mi	east	0° 00' 22.2"	0.43 mi	south	993.34 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
Potosi	Wed 11:36 AM	149 km	92 miles	80 nm	NNE
Sucre	Wed 11:36 AM	228 km	141 miles	123 nm	NE
Salta	Wed 12:36 PM	462 km	287 miles	250 nm	SSE
Santa Cruz	Wed 11:36 AM	477 km	296 miles	257 nm	NE
La Paz	Wed 11:36 AM	499 km	310 miles	270 nm	NNW
Tucumán	Wed 12:36 PM	687 km	427 miles	371 nm	S
Asuncion *	Wed 12:36 PM	1037 km	645 miles	560 nm	ESE
Córdoba	Wed 12:36 PM	1206 km	749 miles	651 nm	S
Mendoza	Wed 12:36 PM	1368 km	850 miles	739 nm	S
Santiago *	Wed 12:36 PM	1467 km	911 miles	792 nm	SSW