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 Friday, December 14, 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

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

Latitude:	19° 19'	South
Longitude:	23° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.88 meters/second, 1511.6 km/hour, 939.2 miles/hour or 816.2 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' 23.0"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 05.3"	0.10 mi	north	15.66 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 02.3"	939.05 mi	west	0° 05' 26.2"	6.23 mi	north	939.33 mi
24 hours	14° 24' 00.3"	940.11 mi	east	2° 45' 04.7"	189.23 mi	north	966.33 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
Recife	Fri 11:42 AM	1776 km	1104 miles	959 nm	NW
Salvador	Fri 11:42 AM	1786 km	1110 miles	964 nm	WNW
Jamestown	Fri 2:42 PM	1884 km	1170 miles	1017 nm	E
Rio de Janeiro *	Fri 12:42 PM	2121 km	1318 miles	1145 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Fri 11:42 AM	2407 km	1495 miles	1300 nm	NW
São Paulo *	Fri 12:42 PM	2479 km	1541 miles	1339 nm	WSW
Brasilia *	Fri 12:42 PM	2655 km	1650 miles	1434 nm	W
Monrovia	Fri 2:42 PM	3141 km	1952 miles	1696 nm	NNE
Freetown	Fri 2:42 PM	3261 km	2026 miles	1761 nm	NNE
Conakry	Fri 2:42 PM	3352 km	2083 miles	1810 nm	NNE