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 Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 14:10:00 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: 40%

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 Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 14:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 55'	North
Longitude:	113° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.17 meters/second, 1509.0 km/hour, 937.6 miles/hour or 814.8 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' 30.2"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 02.0"	0.04 mi	south	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 18.2"	937.38 mi	west	0° 02' 04.1"	2.37 mi	south	937.50 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 39.8"	768.76 mi	east	1° 17' 32.9"	88.92 mi	south	777.09 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 *	Sun 8:10 AM	747 km	464 miles	404 nm	ENE
Puerto Vallarta *	Sun 9:10 AM	833 km	517 miles	450 nm	E
Hermosillo	Sun 7:10 AM	932 km	579 miles	503 nm	NNE
Guadalajara *	Sun 9:10 AM	1028 km	639 miles	555 nm	E
Chihuahua *	Sun 8:10 AM	1119 km	695 miles	604 nm	NE
Aguascalientes *	Sun 9:10 AM	1138 km	707 miles	614 nm	E
Leon *	Sun 9:10 AM	1198 km	745 miles	647 nm	E
Tucson	Sun 7:10 AM	1273 km	791 miles	687 nm	N
San Luis Potosi *	Sun 9:10 AM	1276 km	793 miles	689 nm	E
Mexicali *	Sun 7:10 AM	1318 km	819 miles	712 nm	N