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 18:56:00 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 18:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 58'	South
Longitude:	69° 46'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.96 meters/second, 1544.3 km/hour, 959.6 miles/hour or 833.8 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' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	15.99 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 32.8"	959.43 mi	west	0° 08' 42.5"	9.98 mi	north	959.83 mi
24 hours	13° 19' 54.6"	886.70 mi	east	3° 51' 24.2"	265.16 mi	north	933.00 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
La Paz	Sat 2:56 PM	185 km	115 miles	100 nm	ESE
Arequipa	Sat 1:56 PM	195 km	121 miles	105 nm	WSW
Sucre	Sat 2:56 PM	586 km	364 miles	317 nm	SE
Rio Branco	Sat 2:56 PM	696 km	432 miles	376 nm	NNE
Lima	Sat 1:56 PM	896 km	557 miles	484 nm	WNW
Asuncion *	Sat 3:56 PM	1630 km	1013 miles	880 nm	SE
Manaus	Sat 2:56 PM	1778 km	1105 miles	960 nm	NE
Córdoba	Sat 3:56 PM	1803 km	1120 miles	973 nm	SSE
Guayaquil	Sat 1:56 PM	1884 km	1171 miles	1017 nm	NW
Santiago *	Sat 3:56 PM	1936 km	1203 miles	1046 nm	S