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 18:20:00 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 18:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 59'	South
Longitude:	75° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.88 meters/second, 1515.2 km/hour, 941.5 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' 05.9"	0.11 mi	north	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 19.0"	941.29 mi	west	0° 05' 55.4"	6.79 mi	north	941.60 mi
24 hours	14° 16' 17.2"	933.63 mi	east	2° 55' 18.0"	200.94 mi	north	962.58 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 1:20 PM	498 km	309 miles	269 nm	NE
Lima	Fri 1:20 PM	786 km	489 miles	425 nm	NNW
La Paz	Fri 2:20 PM	817 km	507 miles	441 nm	ENE
Sucre	Fri 2:20 PM	1066 km	662 miles	575 nm	E
Santiago *	Fri 3:20 PM	1669 km	1037 miles	901 nm	SSE
Córdoba	Fri 3:20 PM	1780 km	1106 miles	961 nm	SE
Guayaquil	Fri 1:20 PM	1919 km	1192 miles	1036 nm	NNW
Asuncion *	Fri 3:20 PM	1957 km	1216 miles	1057 nm	ESE
Quito	Fri 1:20 PM	2101 km	1306 miles	1135 nm	N
Buenos Aires	Fri 3:20 PM	2413 km	1499 miles	1303 nm	SE