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 18:24:00 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: 9%

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 18:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 03'	South
Longitude:	62° 05'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.77 meters/second, 1543.6 km/hour, 959.1 miles/hour or 833.5 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"	15.99 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	north	15.99 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 29.5"	959.01 mi	west	0° 08' 39.4"	9.92 mi	north	959.41 mi
24 hours	13° 21' 09.2"	887.74 mi	east	3° 50' 25.9"	264.05 mi	north	933.70 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 2:24 PM	225 km	140 miles	122 nm	SSW
Sucre	Sat 2:24 PM	473 km	294 miles	255 nm	SW
La Paz	Sat 2:24 PM	649 km	403 miles	350 nm	W
Rio Branco	Sat 2:24 PM	915 km	569 miles	494 nm	NW
Asuncion *	Sat 3:24 PM	1122 km	697 miles	606 nm	SSE
Manaus	Sat 2:24 PM	1448 km	900 miles	782 nm	N
Brasilia *	Sat 4:24 PM	1520 km	944 miles	821 nm	E
Lima	Sat 1:24 PM	1674 km	1040 miles	904 nm	WNW
Córdoba	Sat 3:24 PM	1715 km	1066 miles	926 nm	S
São Paulo *	Sat 4:24 PM	1818 km	1129 miles	981 nm	ESE