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 Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 18:46:00 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: 16%

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 Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 18:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 09'	South
Longitude:	54° 02'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.33 meters/second, 1574.4 km/hour, 978.3 miles/hour or 850.1 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' 27.8"	16.30 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 51.6"	978.21 mi	west	0° 10' 29.3"	12.02 mi	north	978.61 mi
24 hours	12° 26' 48.4"	841.79 mi	east	4° 24' 10.9"	302.64 mi	north	900.28 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
Barra do Garças	Sun 3:46 PM	456 km	284 miles	246 nm	SSE
Brasilia *	Sun 4:46 PM	777 km	483 miles	420 nm	ESE
Manaus	Sun 2:46 PM	1197 km	744 miles	647 nm	NW
Belém	Sun 3:46 PM	1332 km	827 miles	719 nm	NNE
Sucre	Sun 2:46 PM	1425 km	885 miles	769 nm	SW
São Paulo *	Sun 4:46 PM	1486 km	924 miles	803 nm	SSE
Asuncion *	Sun 3:46 PM	1503 km	934 miles	812 nm	SSW
La Paz	Sun 2:46 PM	1596 km	991 miles	862 nm	WSW
Rio de Janeiro *	Sun 4:46 PM	1660 km	1031 miles	896 nm	SE
Salvador	Sun 3:46 PM	1691 km	1051 miles	913 nm	E