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 15:46:00 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 15:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 44'	South
Longitude:	68° 53'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.49 meters/second, 1495.8 km/hour, 929.4 miles/hour or 807.6 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' 40.5"	929.16 mi	west	0° 01' 50.7"	2.12 mi	south	929.07 mi
24 hours	15° 21' 12.6"	993.31 mi	east	0° 00' 16.4"	0.31 mi	north	993.33 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
Iquique *	Wed 12:46 PM	146 km	91 miles	79 nm	WNW
Sucre	Wed 11:46 AM	423 km	263 miles	229 nm	ENE
La Paz	Wed 11:46 AM	475 km	295 miles	257 nm	N
Arequipa	Wed 10:46 AM	554 km	344 miles	299 nm	NNW
Salta	Wed 12:46 PM	573 km	356 miles	309 nm	SE
Santa Cruz	Wed 11:46 AM	682 km	424 miles	368 nm	ENE
Tucumán	Wed 12:46 PM	770 km	479 miles	416 nm	SSE
Asuncion *	Wed 12:46 PM	1257 km	781 miles	679 nm	ESE
Córdoba	Wed 12:46 PM	1273 km	791 miles	687 nm	SSE
Lima	Wed 10:46 AM	1296 km	805 miles	700 nm	NW