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 18:14:00 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 18:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 59'	South
Longitude:	73° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.85 meters/second, 1515.0 km/hour, 941.4 miles/hour or 818.1 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"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 05.7"	0.11 mi	north	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 18.6"	941.23 mi	west	0° 05' 54.6"	6.78 mi	north	941.53 mi
24 hours	14° 16' 30.1"	933.81 mi	east	2° 55' 01.4"	200.62 mi	north	962.68 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
Arequipa	Fri 1:14 PM	383 km	238 miles	207 nm	NE
La Paz	Fri 2:14 PM	675 km	420 miles	365 nm	ENE
Lima	Fri 1:14 PM	836 km	519 miles	451 nm	NNW
Sucre	Fri 2:14 PM	914 km	568 miles	494 nm	E
Santiago *	Fri 3:14 PM	1633 km	1015 miles	882 nm	S
Córdoba	Fri 3:14 PM	1691 km	1051 miles	913 nm	SSE
Asuncion *	Fri 3:14 PM	1819 km	1130 miles	982 nm	ESE
Guayaquil	Fri 1:14 PM	1966 km	1221 miles	1061 nm	NNW
Quito	Fri 1:14 PM	2134 km	1326 miles	1152 nm	NNW
Buenos Aires	Fri 3:14 PM	2315 km	1439 miles	1250 nm	SE