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 19:44:00 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 19:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 51'	South
Longitude:	81° 19'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.25 meters/second, 1545.3 km/hour, 960.2 miles/hour or 834.4 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' 25.5"	16.00 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	16.00 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 37.5"	960.07 mi	west	0° 08' 46.8"	10.07 mi	north	960.47 mi
24 hours	13° 18' 02.8"	885.15 mi	east	3° 52' 50.3"	266.81 mi	north	931.94 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
Lima	Sat 2:44 PM	624 km	388 miles	337 nm	NE
La Paz	Sat 3:44 PM	1411 km	877 miles	762 nm	E
Guayaquil	Sat 2:44 PM	1517 km	942 miles	819 nm	N
Sucre	Sat 3:44 PM	1740 km	1081 miles	939 nm	ESE
Quito	Sat 2:44 PM	1755 km	1091 miles	948 nm	N
Galapagos Islands	Sat 1:44 PM	1888 km	1173 miles	1020 nm	NNW
Santiago *	Sat 4:44 PM	2222 km	1381 miles	1200 nm	SSE
Bogota	Sat 2:44 PM	2402 km	1493 miles	1297 nm	NNE
Córdoba	Sat 4:44 PM	2449 km	1522 miles	1322 nm	SE
Asuncion *	Sat 4:44 PM	2674 km	1662 miles	1444 nm	ESE