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.

View Day and Night Map

Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Friday, December 14, 2012 at 20:42:00 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: 4%

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 20:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 45'	South
Longitude:	109° 27'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.56 meters/second, 1517.6 km/hour, 943.0 miles/hour or 819.4 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"	15.72 mi	west	0° 00' 06.1"	0.12 mi	north	15.72 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 30.4"	942.83 mi	west	0° 06' 13.7"	7.14 mi	north	943.15 mi
24 hours	14° 11' 07.3"	929.32 mi	east	3° 01' 41.8"	208.27 mi	north	960.03 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 3:42 PM	924 km	574 miles	499 nm	S
Adamstown	Fri 12:42 PM	2244 km	1394 miles	1211 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Fri 2:42 PM	2931 km	1821 miles	1583 nm	NE
Lima	Fri 3:42 PM	3551 km	2206 miles	1917 nm	E
Quito	Fri 3:42 PM	3952 km	2456 miles	2134 nm	ENE
Santiago *	Fri 5:42 PM	4176 km	2595 miles	2255 nm	ESE
San Salvador	Fri 2:42 PM	4220 km	2622 miles	2279 nm	NNE
San Jose	Fri 2:42 PM	4221 km	2623 miles	2279 nm	NE
Guatemala	Fri 2:42 PM	4232 km	2630 miles	2285 nm	NNE
Papeete	Fri 10:42 AM	4239 km	2634 miles	2289 nm	W