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 19:16:00 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 19:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 55'	South
Longitude:	74° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.08 meters/second, 1544.7 km/hour, 959.8 miles/hour or 834.1 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"	16.00 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	16.00 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 34.7"	959.70 mi	west	0° 08' 44.3"	10.02 mi	north	960.10 mi
24 hours	13° 19' 08.0"	886.06 mi	east	3° 52' 00.3"	265.85 mi	north	932.56 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
Ica	Sat 2:16 PM	247 km	154 miles	133 nm	NNW
Arequipa	Sat 2:16 PM	330 km	205 miles	178 nm	E
Lima	Sat 2:16 PM	503 km	313 miles	272 nm	NNW
La Paz	Sat 3:16 PM	692 km	430 miles	374 nm	E
Rio Branco	Sat 3:16 PM	985 km	612 miles	532 nm	NE
Sucre	Sat 3:16 PM	1047 km	651 miles	566 nm	ESE
Guayaquil	Sat 2:16 PM	1625 km	1009 miles	877 nm	NNW
Quito	Sat 2:16 PM	1788 km	1111 miles	966 nm	NNW
Santiago *	Sat 4:16 PM	1979 km	1230 miles	1069 nm	S
Córdoba	Sat 4:16 PM	2015 km	1252 miles	1088 nm	SSE