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 22, 2012 at 18:14:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, March 30, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 18:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 48'	North
Longitude:	92° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.17 meters/second, 1613.4 km/hour, 1002.5 miles/hour or 871.2 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' 34.0"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 59.8"	1002.50 mi	west	0° 10' 58.3"	12.57 mi	north	1002.41 mi
24 hours	10° 26' 41.1"	718.83 mi	east	4° 13' 35.2"	290.47 mi	north	772.21 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	Thu 12:14 PM	802 km	498 miles	433 nm	SSE
San Salvador	Thu 12:14 PM	940 km	584 miles	507 nm	NNE
Escuintla	Thu 12:14 PM	956 km	594 miles	516 nm	N
Santa Ana	Thu 12:14 PM	956 km	594 miles	516 nm	NNE
San Miguel	Thu 12:14 PM	965 km	600 miles	521 nm	NNE
Masaya	Thu 12:14 PM	969 km	602 miles	523 nm	NE
Managua	Thu 12:14 PM	970 km	603 miles	524 nm	NE
Guatemala	Thu 12:14 PM	995 km	618 miles	537 nm	NNE
San Jose	Thu 12:14 PM	1020 km	634 miles	551 nm	ENE
Tegucigalpa	Thu 12:14 PM	1074 km	667 miles	580 nm	NNE