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 30, 2012 at 02:14:00 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: 43%

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 Friday, March 30, 2012 at 02:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 16'	North
Longitude:	129° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.96 meters/second, 1504.6 km/hour, 934.9 miles/hour or 812.4 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' 29.8"	15.58 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	south	15.58 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 50.7"	934.67 mi	west	0° 02' 53.0"	3.31 mi	south	934.82 mi
24 hours	12° 04' 41.9"	778.79 mi	east	1° 38' 36.5"	113.07 mi	south	791.12 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 *	Thu 7:14 PM	1789 km	1112 miles	966 nm	NE
San Diego *	Thu 7:14 PM	1793 km	1114 miles	968 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Thu 7:14 PM	1825 km	1134 miles	985 nm	NE
Mexicali *	Thu 7:14 PM	1910 km	1187 miles	1032 nm	NE
San Jose (USA) *	Thu 7:14 PM	1944 km	1208 miles	1050 nm	NNE
San Francisco *	Thu 7:14 PM	1967 km	1223 miles	1062 nm	NNE
Oakland *	Thu 7:14 PM	1977 km	1228 miles	1067 nm	NNE
Sacramento *	Thu 7:14 PM	2083 km	1295 miles	1125 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Thu 7:14 PM	2097 km	1303 miles	1132 nm	ENE
Las Vegas *	Thu 7:14 PM	2187 km	1359 miles	1181 nm	NE