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, May 19, 2012 at 18:06:00 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 hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

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 Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 18:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 14'	North
Longitude:	106° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.00 meters/second, 1537.2 km/hour, 955.2 miles/hour or 830.0 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' 32.0"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	north	15.92 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 59.9"	954.94 mi	west	0° 06' 06.2"	7.00 mi	north	954.69 mi
24 hours	11° 22' 03.3"	747.01 mi	east	2° 03' 13.8"	141.28 mi	north	755.76 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 1:06 PM	312 km	194 miles	169 nm	NNE
Colima *	Sat 1:06 PM	347 km	215 miles	187 nm	ENE
Tepic *	Sat 12:06 PM	415 km	258 miles	224 nm	NNE
Guadalajara *	Sat 1:06 PM	454 km	282 miles	245 nm	NE
Mazatlan *	Sat 12:06 PM	554 km	344 miles	299 nm	N
Aguascalientes *	Sat 1:06 PM	621 km	386 miles	335 nm	NE
Leon *	Sat 1:06 PM	629 km	391 miles	340 nm	ENE
Acapulco *	Sat 1:06 PM	749 km	465 miles	404 nm	E
San Luis Potosi *	Sat 1:06 PM	750 km	466 miles	405 nm	NE
Mexico City *	Sat 1:06 PM	822 km	511 miles	444 nm	E