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 19:06:00 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 19:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 20'	North
Longitude:	121° 22'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.73 meters/second, 1536.2 km/hour, 954.6 miles/hour or 829.5 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"	15.91 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	north	15.91 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 57.6"	954.34 mi	west	0° 06' 01.4"	6.91 mi	north	954.09 mi
24 hours	11° 22' 54.2"	747.50 mi	east	2° 01' 09.4"	138.90 mi	north	755.85 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
Hermosillo	Sat 12:06 PM	1592 km	989 miles	859 nm	NE
Tijuana *	Sat 12:06 PM	1632 km	1014 miles	881 nm	NNE
Mazatlan *	Sat 1:06 PM	1647 km	1023 miles	889 nm	ENE
San Diego *	Sat 12:06 PM	1648 km	1024 miles	890 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Sat 12:06 PM	1692 km	1051 miles	914 nm	NNE
Los Angeles *	Sat 12:06 PM	1769 km	1099 miles	955 nm	N
Guadalajara *	Sat 2:06 PM	1908 km	1186 miles	1030 nm	E
Phoenix	Sat 12:06 PM	1914 km	1189 miles	1033 nm	NNE
Aguascalientes *	Sat 2:06 PM	2030 km	1262 miles	1096 nm	ENE
Las Vegas *	Sat 12:06 PM	2065 km	1283 miles	1115 nm	NNE