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.

View Day and Night Map

Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 19:06:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

Previous phase	New Moon	Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 1:22 AM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 19:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 51'	South
Longitude:	95° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.92 meters/second, 1619.7 km/hour, 1006.4 miles/hour or 874.6 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' 33.3"	16.77 mi	west	0° 00' 11.7"	0.23 mi	north	16.78 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 23.9"	1006.44 mi	west	0° 11' 50.0"	13.55 mi	north	1006.58 mi
24 hours	10° 32' 19.1"	728.64 mi	east	4° 41' 41.3"	322.59 mi	north	796.99 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
Galapagos Islands	Wed 1:06 PM	713 km	443 miles	385 nm	E
Guayaquil	Wed 2:06 PM	1785 km	1109 miles	964 nm	E
San Jose	Wed 1:06 PM	1851 km	1150 miles	999 nm	NE
San Salvador	Wed 1:06 PM	1874 km	1164 miles	1012 nm	NNE
Managua	Wed 1:06 PM	1882 km	1170 miles	1016 nm	NE
Santa Ana	Wed 1:06 PM	1888 km	1173 miles	1020 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Wed 1:06 PM	1916 km	1190 miles	1034 nm	NNE
Quito	Wed 2:06 PM	1949 km	1211 miles	1053 nm	E
Tegucigalpa	Wed 1:06 PM	2007 km	1247 miles	1084 nm	NNE
Acapulco	Wed 1:06 PM	2114 km	1314 miles	1142 nm	NNW