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 19:54:00 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 19:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 50'	South
Longitude:	97° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.33 meters/second, 1516.8 km/hour, 942.5 miles/hour or 819.0 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' 23.4"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	north	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 26.6"	942.31 mi	west	0° 06' 07.5"	7.02 mi	north	942.62 mi
24 hours	14° 12' 52.6"	930.78 mi	east	2° 59' 33.5"	205.82 mi	north	960.90 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
Easter Island *	Fri 2:54 PM	1483 km	922 miles	801 nm	SW
Galapagos Islands	Fri 1:54 PM	2181 km	1355 miles	1178 nm	NNE
Lima	Fri 2:54 PM	2362 km	1468 miles	1275 nm	ENE
Quito	Fri 2:54 PM	2956 km	1837 miles	1596 nm	NE
Santiago *	Fri 4:54 PM	3155 km	1961 miles	1704 nm	SE
La Paz	Fri 3:54 PM	3168 km	1969 miles	1711 nm	E
Adamstown	Fri 11:54 AM	3386 km	2104 miles	1828 nm	WSW
Sucre	Fri 3:54 PM	3436 km	2135 miles	1855 nm	E
San Jose	Fri 1:54 PM	3525 km	2191 miles	1904 nm	NNE
Managua	Fri 1:54 PM	3657 km	2273 miles	1975 nm	NNE