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 07:28:00 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 07:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 08'	South
Longitude:	87° 02'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.96 meters/second, 1583.8 km/hour, 984.2 miles/hour or 855.2 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"	16.40 mi	west	0° 00' 12.4"	0.24 mi	south	16.40 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 58.5"	984.01 mi	west	0° 12' 27.9"	14.28 mi	south	983.79 mi
24 hours	13° 25' 26.6"	914.18 mi	east	4° 37' 58.5"	318.49 mi	south	960.89 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	Sat 1:28 AM	1059 km	658 miles	572 nm	NNW
Lima	Sat 2:28 AM	1112 km	691 miles	601 nm	ESE
Guayaquil	Sat 2:28 AM	1177 km	732 miles	636 nm	NE
Quito	Sat 2:28 AM	1445 km	898 miles	780 nm	NE
Cali	Sat 2:28 AM	1897 km	1179 miles	1024 nm	NE
La Paz	Sat 3:28 AM	2164 km	1345 miles	1168 nm	ESE
Bogota	Sat 2:28 AM	2173 km	1351 miles	1174 nm	NE
San Jose	Sat 1:28 AM	2242 km	1393 miles	1211 nm	N
Panama	Sat 2:28 AM	2272 km	1412 miles	1227 nm	NNE
Managua	Sat 1:28 AM	2465 km	1531 miles	1331 nm	N