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 15:56:00 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 15:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 45'	South
Longitude:	71° 16'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.47 meters/second, 1495.7 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' 40.2"	929.13 mi	west	0° 01' 49.0"	2.08 mi	south	929.04 mi
24 hours	15° 21' 11.6"	993.26 mi	east	0° 00' 55.0"	1.05 mi	north	993.31 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 12:56 PM	129 km	80 miles	70 nm	ENE
Arequipa	Wed 10:56 AM	480 km	298 miles	259 nm	N
La Paz	Wed 11:56 AM	575 km	357 miles	310 nm	NE
Sucre	Wed 11:56 AM	657 km	408 miles	355 nm	ENE
Salta	Wed 12:56 PM	751 km	467 miles	405 nm	SE
Tucumán	Wed 12:56 PM	913 km	568 miles	493 nm	SE
Lima	Wed 10:56 AM	1141 km	709 miles	616 nm	NNW
Mendoza	Wed 12:56 PM	1369 km	850 miles	739 nm	S
Córdoba	Wed 12:56 PM	1379 km	857 miles	745 nm	SSE
Santiago *	Wed 12:56 PM	1407 km	875 miles	760 nm	S