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 16:10:00 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 16:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 31'	South
Longitude:	49° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.12 meters/second, 1555.6 km/hour, 966.6 miles/hour or 840.0 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' 25.9"	16.11 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.11 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 54.2"	966.51 mi	west	0° 09' 38.3"	11.04 mi	north	966.92 mi
24 hours	13° 14' 39.9"	887.02 mi	east	4° 11' 14.0"	287.85 mi	north	939.74 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
Anápolis *	Sat 2:10 PM	209 km	130 miles	113 nm	SSE
Brasilia *	Sat 2:10 PM	227 km	141 miles	123 nm	SE
Goiânia *	Sat 2:10 PM	245 km	152 miles	132 nm	S
Barra do Garças	Sat 1:10 PM	330 km	205 miles	178 nm	WSW
São Paulo *	Sat 2:10 PM	1048 km	651 miles	566 nm	SSE
Rio de Janeiro *	Sat 2:10 PM	1151 km	715 miles	621 nm	SE
Salvador	Sat 1:10 PM	1207 km	750 miles	652 nm	E
Belém	Sat 1:10 PM	1449 km	901 miles	783 nm	N
Asuncion *	Sat 1:10 PM	1462 km	909 miles	790 nm	SW
Fortaleza	Sat 1:10 PM	1692 km	1051 miles	913 nm	NE