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 Monday, March 5, 2012 at 06:58:00 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: 88%

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 Monday, March 5, 2012 at 06:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 11'	North
Longitude:	142° 36'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.37 meters/second, 1556.5 km/hour, 967.2 miles/hour or 840.5 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' 28.9"	16.12 mi	west	0° 00' 09.3"	0.18 mi	south	16.12 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 02.1"	967.01 mi	west	0° 09' 28.9"	10.87 mi	south	967.43 mi
24 hours	12° 22' 02.1"	825.73 mi	east	4° 11' 55.8"	288.66 mi	south	881.74 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
Honolulu	Sun 8:58 PM	1748 km	1086 miles	944 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Mon 8:58 PM	2187 km	1359 miles	1181 nm	SW
San Francisco	Sun 10:58 PM	3195 km	1985 miles	1725 nm	NE
Los Angeles	Sun 10:58 PM	3216 km	1998 miles	1737 nm	NE
Las Vegas	Sun 10:58 PM	3579 km	2224 miles	1933 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Sun 11:58 PM	3592 km	2232 miles	1940 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Sun 11:58 PM	3678 km	2285 miles	1986 nm	NE
Papeete	Sun 8:58 PM	3698 km	2298 miles	1997 nm	SSW
Midway	Sun 7:58 PM	3858 km	2397 miles	2083 nm	WNW
Seattle	Sun 10:58 PM	4053 km	2518 miles	2188 nm	NNE