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 17:10:00 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: 3%

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 17:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 06'	South
Longitude:	58° 36'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.55 meters/second, 1514.0 km/hour, 940.7 miles/hour or 817.5 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' 23.2"	15.68 mi	west	0° 00' 05.6"	0.11 mi	north	15.68 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 13.5"	940.56 mi	west	0° 05' 46.0"	6.61 mi	north	940.85 mi
24 hours	14° 18' 47.7"	935.73 mi	east	2° 52' 04.2"	197.24 mi	north	963.80 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
Santa Cruz	Fri 1:10 PM	505 km	314 miles	273 nm	WNW
Asuncion *	Fri 2:10 PM	693 km	430 miles	374 nm	S
Sucre	Fri 1:10 PM	701 km	436 miles	379 nm	W
Salta	Fri 2:10 PM	943 km	586 miles	509 nm	SW
La Paz	Fri 1:10 PM	1050 km	652 miles	567 nm	WNW
Brasilia *	Fri 3:10 PM	1195 km	743 miles	645 nm	ENE
São Paulo *	Fri 3:10 PM	1336 km	830 miles	721 nm	ESE
Córdoba	Fri 2:10 PM	1475 km	917 miles	797 nm	SSW
Rosario	Fri 2:10 PM	1549 km	962 miles	836 nm	S
Rio de Janeiro *	Fri 3:10 PM	1658 km	1030 miles	895 nm	ESE