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 09:18:00 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 09:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 06'	North
Longitude:	126° 20'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.55 meters/second, 1496.0 km/hour, 929.6 miles/hour or 807.8 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"	15.49 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.05 mi	north	15.49 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 50.5"	929.25 mi	west	0° 02' 23.2"	2.74 mi	north	929.13 mi
24 hours	12° 11' 14.9"	781.28 mi	east	0° 27' 01.1"	30.99 mi	north	780.64 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
Tijuana	Sat 1:18 AM	1477 km	918 miles	797 nm	NE
San Diego	Sat 1:18 AM	1484 km	922 miles	801 nm	NE
Los Angeles	Sat 1:18 AM	1542 km	958 miles	833 nm	NNE
Mexicali	Sat 1:18 AM	1586 km	985 miles	856 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Sat 2:18 AM	1723 km	1071 miles	930 nm	ENE
San Jose (USA)	Sat 1:18 AM	1742 km	1082 miles	940 nm	NNE
San Francisco	Sat 1:18 AM	1776 km	1104 miles	959 nm	N
Oakland	Sat 1:18 AM	1782 km	1108 miles	962 nm	NNE
Phoenix	Sat 2:18 AM	1882 km	1169 miles	1016 nm	NE
Sacramento	Sat 1:18 AM	1883 km	1170 miles	1017 nm	NNE