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, September 6, 2012 at 13:20:00 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: 69%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Friday, August 31, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1:16 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 13:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 59'	North
Longitude:	136° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.89 meters/second, 1529.6 km/hour, 950.4 miles/hour or 825.9 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' 31.5"	15.84 mi	west	0° 00' 05.0"	0.10 mi	north	15.84 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 31.5"	950.21 mi	west	0° 04' 58.0"	5.70 mi	north	949.99 mi
24 hours	11° 29' 43.6"	752.08 mi	east	1° 34' 27.1"	108.29 mi	north	756.23 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
Honolulu	Thu 3:20 AM	2281 km	1418 miles	1232 nm	W
Tijuana *	Thu 6:20 AM	2430 km	1510 miles	1312 nm	NE
San Diego *	Thu 6:20 AM	2431 km	1510 miles	1313 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Thu 6:20 AM	2436 km	1514 miles	1315 nm	NE
San Jose *	Thu 6:20 AM	2463 km	1531 miles	1330 nm	NNE
San Francisco *	Thu 6:20 AM	2472 km	1536 miles	1335 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Thu 6:20 AM	2561 km	1591 miles	1383 nm	NE
Sacramento *	Thu 6:20 AM	2594 km	1612 miles	1401 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Thu 6:20 AM	2787 km	1732 miles	1505 nm	ENE
Las Vegas *	Thu 6:20 AM	2800 km	1740 miles	1512 nm	NE