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 Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 16:30:00 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.
The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%
Position of the Moon
On Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 16:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||14° 28' ||South|
|Longitude: ||54° 21' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.24 meters/second, 1556.1 km/hour, 966.9 miles/hour or 840.2 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' 25.9"||16.11 mi||west||0° 00' 09.5"||0.18 mi||north||16.12 mi|
|1 hour||14° 25' 56.0"||966.78 mi||west||0° 09' 39.9"||11.08 mi||north||967.19 mi|
|24 hours||13° 13' 59.1"||886.47 mi||east||4° 11' 45.8"||288.46 mi||north||939.39 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Cuiabá *||Sat 1:30 PM||221 km||138 miles||120 nm|| WSW|
|Barra do Garças||Sat 1:30 PM||274 km||171 miles||148 nm|| SE|
|Goiânia *||Sat 2:30 PM||596 km||370 miles||322 nm|| ESE|
|Brasilia *||Sat 2:30 PM||710 km||441 miles||383 nm|| ESE|
|Asuncion *||Sat 1:30 PM||1247 km||775 miles||673 nm|| SSW|
|Sucre||Sat 12:30 PM||1269 km||788 miles||685 nm|| WSW|
|São Paulo *||Sat 2:30 PM||1294 km||804 miles||699 nm|| SE|
|Manaus||Sat 12:30 PM||1401 km||871 miles||756 nm|| NNW|
|La Paz||Sat 12:30 PM||1496 km||930 miles||808 nm|| W|
|Rio de Janeiro *||Sat 2:30 PM||1506 km||936 miles||813 nm|| SE|
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