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, March 4, 2012 at 00:58:00 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: 78%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 1:22 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 00:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 09'	North
Longitude:	68° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.22 meters/second, 1523.6 km/hour, 946.7 miles/hour or 822.7 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' 28.8"	15.78 mi	west	0° 00' 06.3"	0.12 mi	south	15.78 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 56.4"	946.48 mi	west	0° 06' 24.2"	7.34 mi	south	946.81 mi
24 hours	12° 24' 53.6"	811.42 mi	east	3° 03' 00.4"	209.78 mi	south	844.94 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
Punta Cana	Sat 8:58 PM	73 km	45 miles	39 nm	SSW
Ponce	Sat 8:58 PM	203 km	126 miles	109 nm	SE
Santo Domingo	Sat 8:58 PM	206 km	128 miles	111 nm	WSW
San Juan	Sat 8:58 PM	224 km	139 miles	121 nm	ESE
Caguas	Sat 8:58 PM	242 km	150 miles	131 nm	ESE
Santiago de los Caballeros	Sat 8:58 PM	274 km	170 miles	148 nm	W
Puerto Plata	Sat 8:58 PM	279 km	174 miles	151 nm	WNW
Charlotte Amalie	Sat 8:58 PM	347 km	216 miles	188 nm	ESE
Road Town	Sat 8:58 PM	378 km	235 miles	204 nm	ESE
Christiansted	Sat 8:58 PM	393 km	244 miles	212 nm	ESE