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 Saturday, December 15, 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: 8%

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 Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 18:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 04'	South
Longitude:	61° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.75 meters/second, 1543.5 km/hour, 959.1 miles/hour or 833.4 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' 25.4"	15.98 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	north	15.99 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 29.3"	958.96 mi	west	0° 08' 39.0"	9.92 mi	north	959.35 mi
24 hours	13° 21' 18.6"	887.87 mi	east	3° 50' 18.6"	263.91 mi	north	933.79 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
Santa Cruz	Sat 2:20 PM	291 km	181 miles	157 nm	SW
Sucre	Sat 2:20 PM	550 km	342 miles	297 nm	SW
La Paz	Sat 2:20 PM	751 km	467 miles	406 nm	W
Rio Branco	Sat 2:20 PM	990 km	615 miles	534 nm	NW
Asuncion *	Sat 3:20 PM	1083 km	673 miles	585 nm	SSE
Brasilia *	Sat 4:20 PM	1417 km	880 miles	765 nm	E
Manaus	Sat 2:20 PM	1437 km	893 miles	776 nm	N
São Paulo *	Sat 4:20 PM	1728 km	1074 miles	933 nm	ESE
Córdoba	Sat 3:20 PM	1729 km	1074 miles	934 nm	S
Lima	Sat 1:20 PM	1775 km	1103 miles	958 nm	WNW