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 14:52:00 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 14:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 46'	South
Longitude:	40° 36'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.45 meters/second, 1495.6 km/hour, 929.3 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"	0.03 mi	north	15.49 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 45.3"	929.11 mi	west	0° 01' 52.7"	2.16 mi	north	929.21 mi
24 hours	15° 05' 07.1"	975.83 mi	east	1° 27' 21.9"	100.17 mi	north	985.51 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 12:52 PM	56 km	35 miles	30 nm	NNE
Campos *	Thu 12:52 PM	131 km	82 miles	71 nm	SSW
Niterói *	Thu 12:52 PM	350 km	218 miles	189 nm	SW
Rio de Janeiro *	Thu 12:52 PM	362 km	225 miles	195 nm	SW
Belo Horizonte *	Thu 12:52 PM	362 km	225 miles	196 nm	WNW
São Paulo *	Thu 12:52 PM	695 km	432 miles	375 nm	WSW
Salvador	Thu 11:52 AM	892 km	554 miles	481 nm	NNE
Brasilia *	Thu 12:52 PM	946 km	588 miles	511 nm	NW
Recife	Thu 11:52 AM	1530 km	951 miles	826 nm	NNE
Asuncion *	Thu 11:52 AM	1815 km	1128 miles	980 nm	WSW