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, April 19, 2012 at 18:16:00 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: 2%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Friday, April 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 18:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 60'	North
Longitude:	111° 59'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.94 meters/second, 1601.8 km/hour, 995.3 miles/hour or 864.9 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"	16.59 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.19 mi	north	16.59 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 57.0"	995.23 mi	west	0° 10' 10.5"	11.66 mi	north	995.07 mi
24 hours	10° 31' 09.8"	718.77 mi	east	3° 51' 41.5"	265.43 mi	north	762.12 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
Acapulco *	Thu 1:16 PM	1570 km	975 miles	848 nm	NE
Guadalajara *	Thu 1:16 PM	1590 km	988 miles	859 nm	NE
Mazatlan *	Thu 12:16 PM	1683 km	1046 miles	909 nm	NNE
Leon *	Thu 1:16 PM	1741 km	1082 miles	940 nm	NE
Aguascalientes *	Thu 1:16 PM	1761 km	1094 miles	951 nm	NE
Mexico City *	Thu 1:16 PM	1803 km	1120 miles	974 nm	NE
San Luis Potosi *	Thu 1:16 PM	1873 km	1164 miles	1011 nm	NE
Veracruz *	Thu 1:16 PM	2045 km	1271 miles	1104 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Thu 11:16 AM	2225 km	1382 miles	1201 nm	N
Guatemala	Thu 12:16 PM	2418 km	1502 miles	1305 nm	ENE