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 Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 19:26:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 9:58 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 19:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 20'	North
Longitude:	107° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.70 meters/second, 1554.1 km/hour, 965.7 miles/hour or 839.2 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' 32.5"	16.10 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.14 mi	north	16.10 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 34.6"	965.49 mi	west	0° 07' 24.9"	8.50 mi	north	965.22 mi
24 hours	11° 07' 40.0"	738.83 mi	east	2° 37' 00.1"	179.97 mi	north	755.38 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
Colima *	Sat 2:26 PM	526 km	327 miles	284 nm	NE
Puerto Vallarta *	Sat 2:26 PM	538 km	334 miles	291 nm	NNE
Tepic *	Sat 1:26 PM	642 km	399 miles	347 nm	NNE
Guadalajara *	Sat 2:26 PM	661 km	411 miles	357 nm	NE
Mazatlan *	Sat 1:26 PM	774 km	481 miles	418 nm	N
Leon *	Sat 2:26 PM	825 km	512 miles	445 nm	NE
Acapulco *	Sat 2:26 PM	825 km	513 miles	446 nm	E
Aguascalientes *	Sat 2:26 PM	831 km	516 miles	449 nm	NE
San Luis Potosi *	Sat 2:26 PM	952 km	592 miles	514 nm	NE
Mexico City *	Sat 2:26 PM	965 km	600 miles	521 nm	ENE