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 Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 23:20:00 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: 10%

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 Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 23:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 37'	North
Longitude:	134° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.61 meters/second, 1543.0 km/hour, 958.8 miles/hour or 833.2 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' 32.2"	15.98 mi	west	0° 00' 06.7"	0.13 mi	north	15.98 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 14.7"	958.56 mi	west	0° 06' 43.8"	7.72 mi	north	958.30 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 26.8"	742.36 mi	east	2° 18' 54.8"	159.25 mi	north	754.40 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
Tijuana *	Sun 4:20 PM	2416 km	1501 miles	1304 nm	NE
San Diego *	Sun 4:20 PM	2419 km	1503 miles	1306 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Sun 4:20 PM	2441 km	1517 miles	1318 nm	NE
Honolulu	Sun 1:20 PM	2477 km	1539 miles	1337 nm	WNW
San Jose *	Sun 4:20 PM	2514 km	1562 miles	1357 nm	NNE
San Francisco *	Sun 4:20 PM	2529 km	1571 miles	1365 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Sun 4:20 PM	2539 km	1578 miles	1371 nm	NE
Sacramento *	Sun 4:20 PM	2649 km	1646 miles	1430 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Sun 4:20 PM	2719 km	1690 miles	1468 nm	ENE
Las Vegas *	Sun 4:20 PM	2805 km	1743 miles	1515 nm	NE