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 Friday, February 10, 2012 at 07:44:00 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: 92%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 5:04 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, February 10, 2012 at 07:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 39'	South
Longitude:	84° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.89 meters/second, 1612.4 km/hour, 1001.9 miles/hour or 870.6 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' 29.3"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 13.6"	0.26 mi	south	16.70 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 19.0"	1001.84 mi	west	0° 13' 33.6"	15.53 mi	south	1001.90 mi
24 hours	12° 22' 23.7"	855.57 mi	east	5° 20' 33.1"	367.12 mi	south	928.82 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
Guayaquil	Fri 2:44 AM	541 km	336 miles	292 nm	E
Galapagos Islands	Fri 1:44 AM	548 km	341 miles	296 nm	W
Quito	Fri 2:44 AM	711 km	442 miles	384 nm	ENE
Cali	Fri 2:44 AM	1073 km	666 miles	579 nm	ENE
San Jose	Fri 1:44 AM	1283 km	797 miles	693 nm	N
Panama	Fri 2:44 AM	1311 km	815 miles	708 nm	NNE
Medellin	Fri 2:44 AM	1339 km	832 miles	723 nm	NE
Bogota	Fri 2:44 AM	1373 km	853 miles	741 nm	ENE
Lima	Fri 2:44 AM	1431 km	889 miles	772 nm	SE
Managua	Fri 1:44 AM	1535 km	954 miles	829 nm	N