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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- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Monday, December 10, 2012 at 11:16:00 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 12%
Position of the Moon
On Monday, December 10, 2012 at 11:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||15° 45' ||South|
|Longitude: ||33° 37' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.31 meters/second, 1545.5 km/hour, 960.3 miles/hour or 834.5 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:
|Time||Longitude difference||Latitude difference||Total|
|1 minute||0° 14' 25.2"||16.01 mi||west||0° 00' 08.8"||0.17 mi||south||16.01 mi|
|1 hour||14° 25' 13.1"||960.12 mi||west||0° 08' 50.6"||10.14 mi||south||959.82 mi|
|24 hours||14° 19' 32.9"||953.83 mi||east||3° 02' 13.8"||208.88 mi||south||969.01 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Salvador||Mon 8:16 AM||609 km||379 miles||329 nm|| WNW|
|Recife||Mon 8:16 AM||858 km||533 miles||463 nm|| N|
|Rio de Janeiro *||Mon 9:16 AM||1284 km||798 miles||693 nm|| SW|
|Fortaleza||Mon 8:16 AM||1435 km||892 miles||775 nm|| NNW|
|Brasilia *||Mon 9:16 AM||1529 km||950 miles||826 nm|| W|
|São Paulo *||Mon 9:16 AM||1615 km||1004 miles||872 nm|| SW|
|Belém||Mon 8:16 AM||2273 km||1413 miles||1227 nm|| NW|
|Asuncion *||Mon 8:16 AM||2713 km||1686 miles||1465 nm|| WSW|
|Jamestown||Mon 11:16 AM||2986 km||1855 miles||1612 nm|| E|
|Cayenne||Mon 8:16 AM||3081 km||1914 miles||1663 nm|| NW|
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