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 Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 20:48:00 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: 8%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, May 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 20:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 44'	North
Longitude:	99° 09'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.63 meters/second, 1510.7 km/hour, 938.7 miles/hour or 815.7 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' 30.2"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 03.4"	0.07 mi	south	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 14.2"	938.42 mi	west	0° 03' 31.9"	4.05 mi	south	938.61 mi
24 hours	11° 50' 52.6"	766.66 mi	east	1° 52' 14.4"	128.69 mi	south	781.90 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
Mexico City *	Wed 3:48 PM	145 km	90 miles	78 nm	S
Puebla *	Wed 3:48 PM	213 km	132 miles	115 nm	SSE
Morelia *	Wed 3:48 PM	242 km	150 miles	131 nm	WSW
San Luis Potosi *	Wed 3:48 PM	246 km	153 miles	133 nm	NW
Leon *	Wed 3:48 PM	269 km	167 miles	146 nm	W
Aguascalientes *	Wed 3:48 PM	349 km	217 miles	189 nm	WNW
Veracruz *	Wed 3:48 PM	356 km	221 miles	192 nm	ESE
Guadalajara *	Wed 3:48 PM	438 km	272 miles	236 nm	W
Acapulco *	Wed 3:48 PM	438 km	272 miles	236 nm	S
Fresnillo *	Wed 3:48 PM	470 km	292 miles	254 nm	NW