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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 Moon symbol symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun Sun symbol symbolizes the position of the sun.

Map showing which part of the Earth the Moon is currently above the horizon at.

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Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 87%
Previous phaseFirst QuarterThursday, March 1, 2012 at 1:22 AM
Next phaseFull MoonThursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 5, 2012 at 05:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 15° 29' North
Longitude: 114° 36' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.74 meters/second, 1554.3 km/hour, 965.8 miles/hour or 839.2 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 28.9"16.10 miwest0° 00' 09.2"0.18 misouth16.10 mi
1 hour14° 29' 01.5"965.61 miwest0° 09' 18.0"10.66 misouth966.03 mi
24 hours12° 22' 12.3"824.74 mieast4° 07' 56.7"284.10 misouth879.37 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Puerto VallartaSun 11:02 PM1142 km710 miles617 nmEast-northeast ENE
MazatlanSun 10:02 PM1213 km754 miles655 nmNortheast NE
GuadalajaraSun 11:02 PM1322 km821 miles714 nmEast-northeast ENE
AguascalientesSun 11:02 PM1476 km917 miles797 nmEast-northeast ENE
LeonSun 11:02 PM1501 km933 miles811 nmEast-northeast ENE
HermosilloSun 10:02 PM1550 km963 miles837 nmNorth-northeast NNE
AcapulcoSun 11:02 PM1576 km979 miles851 nmEast E
San Luis PotosiSun 11:02 PM1614 km1003 miles871 nmEast-northeast ENE
Mexico CitySun 11:02 PM1700 km1056 miles918 nmEast-northeast ENE
MexicaliSun 9:02 PM1902 km1182 miles1027 nmNorth N
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