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 Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 14:42:00 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: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 14:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 46'	South
Longitude:	38° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.43 meters/second, 1495.6 km/hour, 929.3 miles/hour or 807.5 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"	0.03 mi	north	15.49 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 45.1"	929.07 mi	west	0° 01' 51.2"	2.13 mi	north	929.17 mi
24 hours	15° 05' 19.8"	976.02 mi	east	1° 26' 45.9"	99.48 mi	north	985.61 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
Vitória *	Thu 12:42 PM	229 km	142 miles	124 nm	WNW
Niterói *	Thu 12:42 PM	558 km	347 miles	301 nm	WSW
Rio de Janeiro *	Thu 12:42 PM	569 km	354 miles	307 nm	WSW
Belo Horizonte *	Thu 12:42 PM	605 km	376 miles	327 nm	W
Salvador	Thu 11:42 AM	864 km	537 miles	466 nm	N
São Paulo *	Thu 12:42 PM	922 km	573 miles	498 nm	WSW
Brasilia *	Thu 12:42 PM	1161 km	722 miles	627 nm	WNW
Recife	Thu 11:42 AM	1446 km	899 miles	781 nm	NNE
Fortaleza	Thu 11:42 AM	1883 km	1170 miles	1017 nm	N
Asuncion *	Thu 11:42 AM	2051 km	1275 miles	1108 nm	WSW