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 18:26:00 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

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 18:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 49'	South
Longitude:	107° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.25 meters/second, 1494.9 km/hour, 928.9 miles/hour or 807.2 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"	15.48 mi	west	0° 00' 01.5"	0.03 mi	south	15.48 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 37.2"	928.64 mi	west	0° 01' 25.0"	1.62 mi	south	928.57 mi
24 hours	15° 20' 47.6"	992.37 mi	east	0° 10' 34.8"	12.13 mi	north	993.02 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
Easter Island *	Wed 1:26 PM	728 km	452 miles	393 nm	SSW
Adamstown	Wed 10:26 AM	2395 km	1488 miles	1293 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Wed 12:26 PM	2916 km	1812 miles	1575 nm	NE
Lima	Wed 1:26 PM	3355 km	2085 miles	1812 nm	ENE
Santiago *	Wed 3:26 PM	3856 km	2396 miles	2082 nm	ESE
Quito	Wed 1:26 PM	3862 km	2400 miles	2085 nm	ENE
La Paz	Wed 2:26 PM	4137 km	2571 miles	2234 nm	E
San Jose	Wed 12:26 PM	4237 km	2633 miles	2288 nm	NE
San Salvador	Wed 12:26 PM	4294 km	2668 miles	2319 nm	NNE
Managua	Wed 12:26 PM	4305 km	2675 miles	2324 nm	NE