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 18:34:00 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 18:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 57'	South
Longitude:	78° 45'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.94 meters/second, 1515.4 km/hour, 941.6 miles/hour or 818.2 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' 23.2"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 05.9"	0.11 mi	north	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 20.1"	941.44 mi	west	0° 05' 57.2"	6.83 mi	north	941.75 mi
24 hours	14° 15' 46.8"	933.21 mi	east	2° 55' 56.3"	201.67 mi	north	962.33 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
Lima	Fri 1:34 PM	785 km	488 miles	424 nm	NNE
La Paz	Fri 2:34 PM	1158 km	719 miles	625 nm	ENE
Sucre	Fri 2:34 PM	1419 km	882 miles	766 nm	E
Santiago *	Fri 3:34 PM	1794 km	1115 miles	969 nm	SSE
Guayaquil	Fri 1:34 PM	1856 km	1153 miles	1002 nm	N
Córdoba	Fri 3:34 PM	2012 km	1250 miles	1086 nm	SE
Quito	Fri 1:34 PM	2071 km	1287 miles	1118 nm	N
Asuncion *	Fri 3:34 PM	2284 km	1419 miles	1233 nm	ESE
Galapagos Islands	Fri 12:34 PM	2323 km	1443 miles	1254 nm	NNW
Buenos Aires	Fri 3:34 PM	2656 km	1650 miles	1434 nm	SE