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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 Moon symbol symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun Sun symbol symbolizes the position of the sun.

Map showing which part of the Earth the Moon is currently above the horizon at.

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Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 94%
Previous phaseFull MoonThursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:16 PM
Next phaseThird QuarterFriday, November 18, 2011 at 3:09 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 08:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 22° 33' North
Longitude: 109° 19' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.94 meters/second, 1490.2 km/hour, 926.0 miles/hour or 804.6 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 29.2"15.43 miwest0° 00' 00.2"0.00 misouth15.43 mi
1 hour14° 29' 16.2"925.65 miwest0° 00' 14.2"0.27 misouth925.66 mi
24 hours12° 20' 01.3"788.10 mieast0° 37' 16.3"42.75 misouth791.01 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Cabo San LucasSun 1:58 AM72 km45 miles39 nmWest-northwest WNW
La PazSun 1:58 AM204 km127 miles110 nmNorth-northwest NNW
MazatlanSun 1:58 AM306 km190 miles165 nmEast-northeast ENE
TepicSun 1:58 AM470 km292 miles254 nmEast-southeast ESE
Puerto VallartaSun 2:58 AM474 km294 miles256 nmEast-southeast ESE
GuadalajaraSun 2:58 AM652 km405 miles352 nmEast-southeast ESE
FresnilloSun 2:58 AM665 km413 miles359 nmEast E
AguascalientesSun 2:58 AM727 km452 miles393 nmEast E
HermosilloSun 1:58 AM740 km460 miles400 nmNorth-northwest NNW
ChihuahuaSun 1:58 AM747 km464 miles404 nmNorth-northeast NNE
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