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 Friday, March 16, 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: 34%

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 Friday, March 16, 2012 at 12:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 38'	South
Longitude:	74° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.22 meters/second, 1516.4 km/hour, 942.2 miles/hour or 818.8 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' 27.3"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 05.9"	0.11 mi	north	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 28.8"	942.04 mi	west	0° 05' 58.8"	6.86 mi	north	942.36 mi
24 hours	12° 40' 01.0"	825.40 mi	east	2° 50' 54.7"	195.92 mi	north	855.08 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
Arequipa	Fri 7:22 AM	491 km	305 miles	265 nm	NE
La Paz	Fri 8:22 AM	780 km	484 miles	421 nm	ENE
Lima	Fri 7:22 AM	874 km	543 miles	472 nm	NNW
Sucre	Fri 8:22 AM	997 km	619 miles	538 nm	E
Santiago *	Fri 9:22 AM	1581 km	982 miles	854 nm	SSE
Córdoba	Fri 9:22 AM	1680 km	1044 miles	907 nm	SE
Asuncion *	Fri 9:22 AM	1865 km	1159 miles	1007 nm	ESE
Guayaquil	Fri 7:22 AM	2008 km	1248 miles	1084 nm	NNW
Quito	Fri 7:22 AM	2186 km	1358 miles	1180 nm	N
Buenos Aires	Fri 9:22 AM	2313 km	1437 miles	1249 nm	SE