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

Latitude:	20° 44'	South
Longitude:	55° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.56 meters/second, 1496.0 km/hour, 929.6 miles/hour or 807.8 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' 21.7"	15.49 mi	west	0° 00' 02.0"	0.04 mi	north	15.49 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 47.4"	929.35 mi	west	0° 02' 02.9"	2.35 mi	north	929.46 mi
24 hours	15° 03' 44.3"	974.55 mi	east	1° 31' 10.8"	104.54 mi	north	984.88 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
Campo Grande *	Thu 12:56 PM	144 km	90 miles	78 nm	ENE
Pedro Juan Caballero *	Thu 12:56 PM	202 km	125 miles	109 nm	S
Asuncion *	Thu 12:56 PM	534 km	332 miles	288 nm	SSW
Ciudad del Este *	Thu 12:56 PM	546 km	339 miles	295 nm	SSE
Barra do Garças	Thu 12:56 PM	660 km	410 miles	357 nm	NE
Sucre	Thu 11:56 AM	996 km	619 miles	538 nm	W
São Paulo *	Thu 1:56 PM	1008 km	626 miles	544 nm	ESE
Brasilia *	Thu 1:56 PM	1010 km	628 miles	545 nm	ENE
Rio de Janeiro *	Thu 1:56 PM	1339 km	832 miles	723 nm	ESE
La Paz	Thu 11:56 AM	1370 km	851 miles	740 nm	WNW