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, January 7, 2012 at 06:06:00 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: 96%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 6:14 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, January 9, 2012 at 7:30 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 06:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 28'	North
Longitude:	116° 30'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.85 meters/second, 1489.9 km/hour, 925.8 miles/hour or 804.5 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' 28.6"	15.43 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 34.3"	925.45 mi	west	0° 01' 02.3"	1.19 mi	south	925.51 mi
24 hours	12° 38' 03.3"	807.78 mi	east	0° 57' 53.4"	66.39 mi	south	813.26 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
Hermosillo	Fri 11:06 PM	917 km	570 miles	495 nm	NE
Mazatlan	Fri 11:06 PM	1037 km	645 miles	560 nm	E
Tijuana	Fri 10:06 PM	1116 km	694 miles	603 nm	N
Mexicali	Fri 10:06 PM	1132 km	703 miles	611 nm	N
San Diego	Fri 10:06 PM	1137 km	707 miles	614 nm	N
Puerto Vallarta	Sat 12:06 AM	1184 km	736 miles	640 nm	E
Tucson	Fri 11:06 PM	1210 km	752 miles	653 nm	NNE
Chihuahua	Fri 11:06 PM	1249 km	776 miles	674 nm	NE
Long Beach	Fri 10:06 PM	1264 km	785 miles	683 nm	N
Phoenix	Fri 11:06 PM	1292 km	803 miles	697 nm	NNE