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 16, 2012 at 18:54:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 18:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 12'	South
Longitude:	98° 16'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.95 meters/second, 1605.4 km/hour, 997.6 miles/hour or 866.9 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' 28.8"	16.63 mi	west	0° 00' 12.5"	0.24 mi	south	16.63 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 45.2"	997.48 mi	west	0° 12' 33.8"	14.39 mi	south	997.42 mi
24 hours	12° 42' 56.4"	875.99 mi	east	4° 52' 01.4"	334.49 mi	south	933.53 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
Galapagos Islands	Sun 12:54 PM	1074 km	668 miles	580 nm	ENE
Guayaquil	Sun 1:54 PM	2066 km	1284 miles	1116 nm	E
Quito	Sun 1:54 PM	2265 km	1407 miles	1223 nm	ENE
San Jose	Sun 12:54 PM	2297 km	1427 miles	1240 nm	NE
San Salvador	Sun 12:54 PM	2318 km	1441 miles	1252 nm	NNE
Managua	Sun 12:54 PM	2334 km	1450 miles	1260 nm	NE
Guatemala	Sun 12:54 PM	2352 km	1462 miles	1270 nm	NNE
Acapulco *	Sun 1:54 PM	2446 km	1520 miles	1321 nm	N
Lima	Sun 1:54 PM	2455 km	1525 miles	1325 nm	ESE
Tegucigalpa	Sun 12:54 PM	2457 km	1527 miles	1327 nm	NNE