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 20:32:00 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 20:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 33'	South
Longitude:	121° 60'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.12 meters/second, 1498.0 km/hour, 930.8 miles/hour or 808.9 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' 21.8"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	north	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 57.6"	930.62 mi	west	0° 02' 46.2"	3.18 mi	north	930.77 mi
24 hours	14° 57' 12.8"	968.66 mi	east	1° 47' 19.6"	123.05 mi	north	981.89 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
Adamstown	Thu 12:32 PM	971 km	603 miles	524 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Thu 3:32 PM	1478 km	918 miles	798 nm	ESE
Papeete	Thu 10:32 AM	2918 km	1813 miles	1575 nm	W
Rarotonga	Thu 10:32 AM	3922 km	2437 miles	2118 nm	W
Galapagos Islands	Thu 2:32 PM	4139 km	2572 miles	2235 nm	ENE
Kiritimati	Fri 10:32 AM	4582 km	2847 miles	2474 nm	WNW
Lima	Thu 3:32 PM	4880 km	3033 miles	2635 nm	E
Alofi	Thu 9:32 AM	5006 km	3110 miles	2703 nm	W
Mexico City	Thu 2:32 PM	5076 km	3154 miles	2741 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Thu 2:32 PM	5193 km	3227 miles	2804 nm	NE