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 07:34:00 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 07:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 09'	South
Longitude:	88° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.93 meters/second, 1583.7 km/hour, 984.1 miles/hour or 855.1 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' 58.3"	983.94 mi	west	0° 12' 27.5"	14.27 mi	south	983.72 mi
24 hours	13° 25' 33.2"	914.25 mi	east	4° 37' 46.6"	318.26 mi	south	960.87 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 1:34 AM	1030 km	640 miles	556 nm	N
Lima	Sat 2:34 AM	1267 km	787 miles	684 nm	E
Guayaquil	Sat 2:34 AM	1291 km	802 miles	697 nm	NE
Quito	Sat 2:34 AM	1556 km	967 miles	840 nm	NE
San Jose	Sat 1:34 AM	2273 km	1412 miles	1227 nm	NNE
Bogota	Sat 2:34 AM	2284 km	1419 miles	1233 nm	NE
La Paz	Sat 3:34 AM	2311 km	1436 miles	1248 nm	ESE
Panama	Sat 2:34 AM	2337 km	1452 miles	1262 nm	NNE
Managua	Sat 1:34 AM	2478 km	1540 miles	1338 nm	N
San Salvador	Sat 1:34 AM	2638 km	1639 miles	1425 nm	N