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 02:48:00 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 02:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 14'	North
Longitude:	138° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.03 meters/second, 1504.9 km/hour, 935.1 miles/hour or 812.6 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"	15.59 mi	west	0° 00' 02.9"	0.06 mi	south	15.59 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 50.5"	934.83 mi	west	0° 02' 56.8"	3.38 mi	south	934.99 mi
24 hours	12° 04' 43.9"	778.96 mi	east	1° 40' 02.9"	114.72 mi	south	791.59 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
Honolulu	Thu 4:48 PM	2041 km	1268 miles	1102 nm	W
San Francisco *	Thu 7:48 PM	2377 km	1477 miles	1284 nm	NE
San Jose *	Thu 7:48 PM	2378 km	1477 miles	1284 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Thu 7:48 PM	2417 km	1502 miles	1305 nm	NE
San Diego *	Thu 7:48 PM	2437 km	1514 miles	1316 nm	NE
Tijuana *	Thu 7:48 PM	2439 km	1516 miles	1317 nm	NE
Sacramento *	Thu 7:48 PM	2500 km	1553 miles	1350 nm	NE
Mexicali *	Thu 7:48 PM	2578 km	1602 miles	1392 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Thu 7:48 PM	2777 km	1726 miles	1500 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Thu 7:48 PM	2869 km	1783 miles	1549 nm	ENE