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 Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 07:20:00 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: 99%

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 Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 07:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 26'	North
Longitude:	121° 43'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.78 meters/second, 1500.4 km/hour, 932.3 miles/hour or 810.1 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' 28.2"	15.54 mi	west	0° 00' 04.0"	0.08 mi	south	15.54 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 20.1"	932.02 mi	west	0° 04' 03.0"	4.64 mi	south	932.25 mi
24 hours	12° 37' 43.0"	813.36 mi	east	2° 09' 11.3"	148.13 mi	south	832.42 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 11:20 PM	1316 km	817 miles	710 nm	NNE
San Diego	Sat 11:20 PM	1330 km	826 miles	718 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Sun 12:20 AM	1373 km	853 miles	741 nm	NE
Mexicali	Sat 11:20 PM	1388 km	863 miles	750 nm	NNE
Long Beach	Sat 11:20 PM	1413 km	878 miles	763 nm	NNE
Los Angeles	Sat 11:20 PM	1440 km	895 miles	777 nm	NNE
Mazatlan	Sun 12:20 AM	1587 km	986 miles	857 nm	E
Phoenix	Sun 12:20 AM	1636 km	1017 miles	883 nm	NNE
Las Vegas	Sat 11:20 PM	1750 km	1087 miles	945 nm	NNE
San Jose (USA)	Sat 11:20 PM	1763 km	1096 miles	952 nm	N