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 Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 06:08:00 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: 95%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 06:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 51'	South
Longitude:	67° 46'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.36 meters/second, 1585.3 km/hour, 985.1 miles/hour or 856.0 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' 27.0"	16.42 mi	west	0° 00' 12.5"	0.24 mi	south	16.42 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 02.2"	984.92 mi	west	0° 12' 33.0"	14.38 mi	south	984.71 mi
24 hours	13° 23' 57.1"	913.27 mi	east	4° 40' 35.0"	321.47 mi	south	961.13 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
Rio Branco	Sat 2:08 AM	16 km	10 miles	9 nm	SSW
Porto Velho	Sat 2:08 AM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	ENE
La Paz	Sat 2:08 AM	738 km	458 miles	398 nm	S
Lima	Sat 1:08 AM	1043 km	648 miles	563 nm	WSW
Sucre	Sat 2:08 AM	1051 km	653 miles	568 nm	SSE
Manaus	Sat 2:08 AM	1134 km	705 miles	612 nm	NE
Guayaquil	Sat 1:08 AM	1586 km	985 miles	856 nm	WNW
Quito	Sat 1:08 AM	1595 km	991 miles	861 nm	NW
Bogota	Sat 1:08 AM	1748 km	1086 miles	944 nm	NNW
Cali	Sat 1:08 AM	1756 km	1091 miles	948 nm	NNW