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 Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 12:22:00 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: 45%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 12:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 27'	South
Longitude:	88° 05'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.50 meters/second, 1495.8 km/hour, 929.4 miles/hour or 807.7 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' 25.7"	15.49 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	north	15.49 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 52.6"	929.20 mi	west	0° 03' 07.6"	3.59 mi	north	929.38 mi
24 hours	13° 21' 11.6"	859.84 mi	east	1° 48' 58.3"	124.95 mi	north	874.00 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
Lima	Thu 7:22 AM	1570 km	975 miles	848 nm	NE
Santiago *	Thu 9:22 AM	2168 km	1347 miles	1171 nm	SE
La Paz	Thu 8:22 AM	2169 km	1348 miles	1171 nm	ENE
Easter Island *	Thu 7:22 AM	2243 km	1394 miles	1211 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Thu 6:22 AM	2280 km	1417 miles	1231 nm	N
Guayaquil	Thu 7:22 AM	2306 km	1433 miles	1245 nm	NNE
Sucre	Thu 8:22 AM	2397 km	1489 miles	1294 nm	E
Quito	Thu 7:22 AM	2568 km	1596 miles	1387 nm	NNE
Córdoba	Thu 9:22 AM	2620 km	1628 miles	1415 nm	ESE
Asuncion *	Thu 9:22 AM	3135 km	1948 miles	1693 nm	ESE