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 Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 01:22:00 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: 46%

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 Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 01:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 39'	North
Longitude:	112° 05'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.30 meters/second, 1563.5 km/hour, 971.5 miles/hour or 844.2 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' 30.7"	16.19 mi	west	0° 00' 08.8"	0.17 mi	south	16.19 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 45.6"	971.36 mi	west	0° 08' 59.0"	10.30 mi	south	971.74 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 49.7"	781.84 mi	east	3° 56' 56.3"	271.48 mi	south	833.66 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
Puerto Vallarta *	Sat 8:22 PM	982 km	610 miles	530 nm	NE
Mazatlan *	Sat 7:22 PM	1121 km	697 miles	605 nm	NNE
Guadalajara *	Sat 8:22 PM	1141 km	709 miles	616 nm	NE
Aguascalientes *	Sat 8:22 PM	1306 km	811 miles	705 nm	NE
Leon *	Sat 8:22 PM	1316 km	817 miles	710 nm	NE
Acapulco *	Sat 8:22 PM	1325 km	823 miles	715 nm	ENE
San Luis Potosi *	Sat 8:22 PM	1437 km	893 miles	776 nm	NE
Mexico City *	Sat 8:22 PM	1476 km	917 miles	797 nm	ENE
Hermosillo	Sat 6:22 PM	1601 km	995 miles	865 nm	N
Veracruz *	Sat 8:22 PM	1768 km	1099 miles	955 nm	ENE