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 Monday, March 19, 2012 at 15:22:00 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: 9%

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 Monday, March 19, 2012 at 15:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 25'	South
Longitude:	82° 22'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.85 meters/second, 1601.5 km/hour, 995.1 miles/hour or 864.7 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' 32.3"	16.58 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.59 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 27.2"	995.06 mi	west	0° 11' 04.1"	12.68 mi	north	995.38 mi
24 hours	10° 49' 31.2"	740.82 mi	east	4° 31' 59.2"	311.52 mi	north	806.92 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	Mon 10:22 AM	709 km	441 miles	383 nm	SE
Guayaquil	Mon 10:22 AM	738 km	458 miles	398 nm	NNE
Quito	Mon 10:22 AM	1001 km	622 miles	540 nm	NNE
Galapagos Islands	Mon 9:22 AM	1155 km	718 miles	624 nm	NW
Cali	Mon 10:22 AM	1460 km	907 miles	788 nm	NNE
Bogota	Mon 10:22 AM	1711 km	1063 miles	924 nm	NNE
La Paz	Mon 11:22 AM	1786 km	1110 miles	964 nm	ESE
Medellin	Mon 10:22 AM	1787 km	1110 miles	965 nm	NNE
Panama	Mon 10:22 AM	1950 km	1212 miles	1053 nm	N
San Jose	Mon 9:22 AM	2038 km	1266 miles	1100 nm	N