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, September 8, 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: 50%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 13:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 14'	North
Longitude:	112° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.41 meters/second, 1506.3 km/hour, 935.9 miles/hour or 813.3 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' 30.6"	15.60 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	15.60 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 33.4"	935.68 mi	west	0° 00' 26.3"	0.50 mi	north	935.65 mi
24 hours	11° 49' 50.8"	763.03 mi	east	0° 17' 15.3"	19.79 mi	south	764.03 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
Mazatlan *	Sat 7:20 AM	710 km	441 miles	384 nm	ENE
Puerto Vallarta *	Sat 8:20 AM	807 km	502 miles	436 nm	E
Hermosillo	Sat 6:20 AM	892 km	554 miles	481 nm	NNE
Guadalajara *	Sat 8:20 AM	1002 km	623 miles	541 nm	E
Chihuahua *	Sat 7:20 AM	1075 km	668 miles	580 nm	NE
Aguascalientes *	Sat 8:20 AM	1107 km	688 miles	598 nm	E
Leon *	Sat 8:20 AM	1170 km	727 miles	632 nm	E
Tucson	Sat 6:20 AM	1234 km	767 miles	666 nm	N
San Luis Potosi *	Sat 8:20 AM	1245 km	774 miles	672 nm	E
Mexicali *	Sat 6:20 AM	1288 km	800 miles	696 nm	N