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 06:48:00 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 06:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 60'	North
Longitude:	90° 05'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.91 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' 55.6"	930.05 mi	west	0° 02' 39.2"	3.05 mi	north	929.91 mi
24 hours	12° 09' 43.7"	780.25 mi	east	0° 33' 38.8"	38.59 mi	north	779.65 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
Merida	Sat 12:48 AM	123 km	77 miles	67 nm	SSE
Campeche	Sat 12:48 AM	243 km	151 miles	131 nm	SSW
Playa del Carmen	Sat 12:48 AM	347 km	216 miles	187 nm	ESE
Cancún	Sat 12:48 AM	347 km	216 miles	188 nm	ESE
Chetumal	Sat 12:48 AM	430 km	267 miles	232 nm	SSE
Orange Walk Town	Sat 12:48 AM	462 km	287 miles	249 nm	SSE
Belize City	Sat 12:48 AM	536 km	333 miles	289 nm	SSE
Belmopan	Sat 12:48 AM	543 km	337 miles	293 nm	SSE
Tuxtla Gutierrez	Sat 12:48 AM	662 km	411 miles	357 nm	SSW
Veracruz	Sat 12:48 AM	707 km	439 miles	382 nm	WSW