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 Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 19:42:00 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: 46%

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 Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 19:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 43'	North
Longitude:	32° 16'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.52 meters/second, 1618.3 km/hour, 1005.6 miles/hour or 873.8 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' 32.5"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.76 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 33.8"	1005.56 mi	west	0° 11' 22.3"	13.02 mi	north	1005.59 mi
24 hours	10° 51' 52.7"	751.24 mi	east	4° 25' 16.7"	303.82 mi	north	808.86 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
Fernando de Noronha	Wed 5:42 PM	621 km	386 miles	335 nm	S
Fortaleza	Wed 4:42 PM	927 km	576 miles	500 nm	SW
Recife	Wed 4:42 PM	1123 km	698 miles	606 nm	SSW
Praia	Wed 6:42 PM	1749 km	1086 miles	944 nm	NNE
Salvador	Wed 4:42 PM	1763 km	1095 miles	952 nm	SSW
Belém	Wed 4:42 PM	1839 km	1143 miles	993 nm	W
Bissau	Wed 7:42 PM	2156 km	1340 miles	1164 nm	ENE
Banjul	Wed 7:42 PM	2161 km	1343 miles	1167 nm	NE
Dakar	Wed 7:42 PM	2171 km	1349 miles	1172 nm	NE
Conakry	Wed 7:42 PM	2227 km	1384 miles	1203 nm	ENE