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, May 17, 2012 at 17:28:00 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: 9%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 17:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 52'	North
Longitude:	119° 19'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.73 meters/second, 1586.6 km/hour, 985.9 miles/hour or 856.7 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' 33.6"	16.43 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.43 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 39.5"	985.77 mi	west	0° 09' 18.2"	10.66 mi	north	985.55 mi
24 hours	10° 40' 26.3"	722.67 mi	east	3° 27' 54.6"	238.23 mi	north	756.15 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
Mazatlan *	Thu 11:28 AM	1856 km	1153 miles	1002 nm	NE
Guadalajara *	Thu 12:28 PM	1962 km	1219 miles	1060 nm	ENE
Hermosillo	Thu 10:28 AM	2092 km	1300 miles	1130 nm	NNE
Aguascalientes *	Thu 12:28 PM	2120 km	1317 miles	1145 nm	NE
Acapulco *	Thu 12:28 PM	2160 km	1342 miles	1166 nm	ENE
Tijuana *	Thu 10:28 AM	2301 km	1430 miles	1242 nm	N
Mexico City *	Thu 12:28 PM	2317 km	1440 miles	1251 nm	ENE
San Diego *	Thu 10:28 AM	2320 km	1442 miles	1253 nm	N
Mexicali *	Thu 10:28 AM	2334 km	1451 miles	1260 nm	N
Los Angeles *	Thu 10:28 AM	2460 km	1528 miles	1328 nm	N