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, January 12, 2013 at 15:20:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

Previous phase	New Moon	Friday, January 11, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 15:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 39'	South
Longitude:	37° 31'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.82 meters/second, 1554.6 km/hour, 966.0 miles/hour or 839.4 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' 25.7"	16.10 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.10 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 49.9"	965.85 mi	west	0° 09' 34.0"	10.96 mi	north	966.26 mi
24 hours	13° 16' 22.0"	888.38 mi	east	4° 09' 53.6"	286.32 mi	north	940.63 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
Ilhéus	Sat 12:20 PM	172 km	107 miles	93 nm	W
Itabuna	Sat 12:20 PM	193 km	120 miles	104 nm	W
Salvador	Sat 12:20 PM	213 km	133 miles	115 nm	NNW
Salvador	Sat 12:20 PM	213 km	133 miles	115 nm	NNW
Maceió	Sat 12:20 PM	584 km	363 miles	315 nm	NNE
Recife	Sat 12:20 PM	779 km	484 miles	420 nm	NNE
Rio de Janeiro *	Sat 1:20 PM	1098 km	682 miles	593 nm	SSW
Brasilia *	Sat 1:20 PM	1122 km	697 miles	606 nm	W
Fortaleza	Sat 12:20 PM	1211 km	752 miles	654 nm	N
São Paulo *	Sat 1:20 PM	1376 km	855 miles	743 nm	SW