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

Latitude:	12° 07'	South
Longitude:	56° 26'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.39 meters/second, 1574.6 km/hour, 978.4 miles/hour or 850.2 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' 27.7"	16.31 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 52.5"	978.34 mi	west	0° 10' 29.9"	12.03 mi	north	978.73 mi
24 hours	12° 26' 27.6"	841.49 mi	east	4° 24' 20.5"	302.82 mi	north	900.04 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 3:56 PM	615 km	382 miles	332 nm	SE
Brasilia *	Sun 4:56 PM	1010 km	627 miles	545 nm	ESE
Manaus	Sun 2:56 PM	1071 km	665 miles	578 nm	NNW
Sucre	Sun 2:56 PM	1217 km	756 miles	657 nm	SW
La Paz	Sun 2:56 PM	1351 km	840 miles	730 nm	WSW
Asuncion *	Sun 3:56 PM	1463 km	909 miles	790 nm	S
Belém	Sun 3:56 PM	1470 km	914 miles	794 nm	NE
São Paulo *	Sun 4:56 PM	1638 km	1018 miles	884 nm	SE
Rio de Janeiro *	Sun 4:56 PM	1848 km	1148 miles	998 nm	SE
Cayenne	Sun 3:56 PM	1940 km	1205 miles	1047 nm	NNE