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 Friday, September 7, 2012 at 13:30:00 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: 59%

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 Friday, September 7, 2012 at 13:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 34'	North
Longitude:	127° 05'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.45 meters/second, 1513.6 km/hour, 940.5 miles/hour or 817.3 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' 30.9"	15.68 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	north	15.68 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 58.9"	940.25 mi	west	0° 02' 45.8"	3.17 mi	north	940.11 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 39.2"	757.54 mi	east	0° 39' 38.8"	45.46 mi	north	757.26 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 *	Fri 6:30 AM	1660 km	1032 miles	897 nm	NE
San Diego *	Fri 6:30 AM	1668 km	1037 miles	901 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Fri 6:30 AM	1729 km	1074 miles	934 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Fri 6:30 AM	1767 km	1098 miles	954 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Fri 6:30 AM	1879 km	1167 miles	1014 nm	ENE
San Jose (USA) *	Fri 6:30 AM	1925 km	1196 miles	1040 nm	NNE
San Francisco *	Fri 6:30 AM	1959 km	1217 miles	1058 nm	NNE
Oakland *	Fri 6:30 AM	1965 km	1221 miles	1061 nm	NNE
Phoenix	Fri 6:30 AM	2058 km	1279 miles	1111 nm	NE
Sacramento *	Fri 6:30 AM	2067 km	1284 miles	1116 nm	NNE