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 Monday, September 10, 2012 at 15:10:00 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: 31%

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 Monday, September 10, 2012 at 15:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 33'	North
Longitude:	115° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.82 meters/second, 1522.2 km/hour, 945.8 miles/hour or 821.9 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' 30.2"	15.76 mi	west	0° 00' 04.5"	0.09 mi	south	15.76 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 14.9"	945.60 mi	west	0° 04' 35.0"	5.26 mi	south	945.83 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 14.1"	775.06 mi	east	2° 16' 48.9"	156.84 mi	south	795.91 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 *	Mon 9:10 AM	1058 km	657 miles	571 nm	ENE
Puerto Vallarta *	Mon 10:10 AM	1115 km	693 miles	602 nm	E
Hermosillo	Mon 8:10 AM	1164 km	724 miles	629 nm	NNE
Guadalajara *	Mon 10:10 AM	1311 km	815 miles	708 nm	E
Chihuahua *	Mon 9:10 AM	1412 km	877 miles	762 nm	NE
Aguascalientes *	Mon 10:10 AM	1433 km	890 miles	774 nm	ENE
Tijuana *	Mon 8:10 AM	1444 km	897 miles	780 nm	N
Mexicali *	Mon 8:10 AM	1451 km	902 miles	784 nm	N
San Diego *	Mon 8:10 AM	1465 km	910 miles	791 nm	N
Leon *	Mon 10:10 AM	1486 km	924 miles	803 nm	E