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 Monday, July 9, 2012 at 10:42:00 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: 66%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 6:52 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 1:48 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, July 9, 2012 at 10:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 59'	North
Longitude:	91° 09'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.05 meters/second, 1616.6 km/hour, 1004.5 miles/hour or 872.9 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' 33.3"	16.74 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	north	16.74 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 21.5"	1004.49 mi	west	0° 11' 18.8"	12.96 mi	north	1004.45 mi
24 hours	10° 36' 24.5"	731.96 mi	east	4° 21' 58.8"	300.06 mi	north	788.63 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
Galapagos Islands	Mon 4:42 AM	567 km	352 miles	306 nm	SSE
San Jose	Mon 4:42 AM	1020 km	634 miles	551 nm	NE
Managua	Mon 4:42 AM	1051 km	653 miles	567 nm	NNE
San Salvador	Mon 4:42 AM	1095 km	681 miles	591 nm	N
Santa Ana	Mon 4:42 AM	1120 km	696 miles	605 nm	N
Guatemala	Mon 4:42 AM	1177 km	732 miles	636 nm	N
Tegucigalpa	Mon 4:42 AM	1197 km	744 miles	646 nm	NNE
Panama	Mon 5:42 AM	1400 km	870 miles	756 nm	ENE
Guayaquil	Mon 5:42 AM	1427 km	887 miles	770 nm	ESE
Quito	Mon 5:42 AM	1482 km	921 miles	800 nm	ESE