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, June 14, 2012 at 16:38:00 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: 21%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Monday, June 11, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 3:03 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 16:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 21'	North
Longitude:	126° 13'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.08 meters/second, 1569.9 km/hour, 975.5 miles/hour or 847.7 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' 33.1"	16.26 mi	west	0° 00' 08.4"	0.16 mi	north	16.26 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 08.9"	975.32 mi	west	0° 08' 21.6"	9.58 mi	north	975.06 mi
24 hours	10° 53' 43.7"	730.28 mi	east	3° 02' 24.1"	209.05 mi	north	754.51 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
Tijuana *	Thu 9:38 AM	2220 km	1379 miles	1199 nm	NNE
San Diego *	Thu 9:38 AM	2232 km	1387 miles	1205 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Thu 9:38 AM	2263 km	1406 miles	1222 nm	NE
Mexicali *	Thu 9:38 AM	2301 km	1430 miles	1243 nm	NNE
Mazatlan *	Thu 10:38 AM	2302 km	1431 miles	1243 nm	ENE
Los Angeles *	Thu 9:38 AM	2325 km	1445 miles	1255 nm	NNE
Guadalajara *	Thu 11:38 AM	2523 km	1568 miles	1363 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Thu 9:38 AM	2553 km	1586 miles	1378 nm	NNE
San Jose (USA) *	Thu 9:38 AM	2583 km	1605 miles	1394 nm	N
San Francisco *	Thu 9:38 AM	2622 km	1629 miles	1416 nm	N