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 Monday, October 17, 2011 at 08:58:00 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: 77%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 2:06 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 3:30 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, October 17, 2011 at 08:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 37'	North
Longitude:	79° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.74 meters/second, 1489.5 km/hour, 925.5 miles/hour or 804.2 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' 29.3"	15.43 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	south	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 15.7"	925.19 mi	west	0° 00' 49.8"	0.95 mi	south	925.24 mi
24 hours	12° 21' 01.6"	788.79 mi	east	0° 51' 44.6"	59.34 mi	south	793.45 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
Camagüey *	Mon 4:58 AM	217 km	135 miles	117 nm	SE
Havana *	Mon 4:58 AM	296 km	184 miles	160 nm	WNW
Key West *	Mon 4:58 AM	314 km	195 miles	169 nm	NW
Nassau *	Mon 4:58 AM	351 km	218 miles	190 nm	NE
Miami *	Mon 4:58 AM	357 km	222 miles	193 nm	N
Hialeah *	Mon 4:58 AM	365 km	227 miles	197 nm	NNW
Hollywood *	Mon 4:58 AM	381 km	237 miles	206 nm	N
Holguín *	Mon 4:58 AM	391 km	243 miles	211 nm	ESE
Fort Lauderdale *	Mon 4:58 AM	394 km	245 miles	213 nm	N
George Town (Cayman)	Mon 3:58 AM	411 km	255 miles	222 nm	SSW