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, November 12, 2011 at 06:38:00 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: 98%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:16 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Friday, November 18, 2011 at 3:09 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 06:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 59'	North
Longitude:	87° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.93 meters/second, 1497.3 km/hour, 930.4 miles/hour or 808.5 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' 29.8"	15.51 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	north	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 55.9"	930.10 mi	west	0° 02' 40.4"	3.07 mi	north	929.96 mi
24 hours	12° 09' 37.4"	780.18 mi	east	0° 34' 05.4"	39.10 mi	north	779.59 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
Cancún	Sat 12:38 AM	125 km	78 miles	67 nm	SE
Playa del Carmen	Sat 12:38 AM	163 km	101 miles	88 nm	SSE
Cozumel	Sat 12:38 AM	180 km	112 miles	97 nm	SSE
Merida	Sat 12:38 AM	232 km	144 miles	125 nm	WSW
Chetumal	Sat 12:38 AM	392 km	244 miles	212 nm	S
Orange Walk Town	Sat 12:38 AM	443 km	275 miles	239 nm	SSW
Belize City	Sat 12:38 AM	500 km	311 miles	270 nm	S
Belmopan	Sat 12:38 AM	537 km	334 miles	290 nm	SSW
Havana *	Sat 2:38 AM	558 km	347 miles	301 nm	ENE
Key West	Sat 1:38 AM	666 km	414 miles	360 nm	ENE