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, August 11, 2012 at 14:54:00 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: 33%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Friday, August 17, 2012 at 3:55 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 14:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 12'	North
Longitude:	116° 36'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.52 meters/second, 1506.7 km/hour, 936.2 miles/hour or 813.5 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' 30.6"	15.60 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.04 mi	north	15.60 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 35.2"	935.92 mi	west	0° 01' 51.6"	2.13 mi	north	935.82 mi
24 hours	11° 51' 59.5"	765.51 mi	east	0° 16' 49.0"	19.29 mi	north	765.03 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 7:54 AM	1041 km	647 miles	562 nm	NNE
Mazatlan *	Sat 8:54 AM	1074 km	667 miles	580 nm	ENE
Puerto Vallarta *	Sat 9:54 AM	1184 km	736 miles	640 nm	E
Tijuana *	Sat 7:54 AM	1257 km	781 miles	679 nm	N
Mexicali *	Sat 7:54 AM	1274 km	791 miles	688 nm	N
San Diego *	Sat 7:54 AM	1278 km	794 miles	690 nm	N
Tucson	Sat 7:54 AM	1344 km	835 miles	725 nm	NNE
Chihuahua *	Sat 8:54 AM	1344 km	835 miles	726 nm	NE
Guadalajara *	Sat 9:54 AM	1380 km	857 miles	745 nm	E
Long Beach *	Sat 7:54 AM	1403 km	872 miles	758 nm	N