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 29, 2012 at 00:14:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 33%

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 29, 2012 at 00:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 53'	North
Longitude:	112° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.31 meters/second, 1498.7 km/hour, 931.3 miles/hour or 809.2 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' 30.2"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	south	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 09.2"	930.97 mi	west	0° 00' 06.8"	0.13 mi	south	930.98 mi
24 hours	12° 00' 10.4"	770.60 mi	east	0° 32' 04.1"	36.78 mi	south	772.90 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
Mazatlan	Wed 5:14 PM	689 km	428 miles	372 nm	ENE
Puerto Vallarta	Wed 6:14 PM	815 km	506 miles	440 nm	E
Hermosillo	Wed 5:14 PM	820 km	510 miles	443 nm	NNE
Guadalajara	Wed 6:14 PM	1007 km	626 miles	544 nm	E
Chihuahua	Wed 5:14 PM	1019 km	633 miles	550 nm	NE
Aguascalientes	Wed 6:14 PM	1102 km	685 miles	595 nm	E
Tucson	Wed 5:14 PM	1161 km	722 miles	627 nm	N
Leon	Wed 6:14 PM	1170 km	727 miles	632 nm	E
Mexicali *	Wed 5:14 PM	1216 km	756 miles	657 nm	N
San Luis Potosi	Wed 6:14 PM	1238 km	769 miles	669 nm	E