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 21, 2012 at 23:24:00 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	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 Friday, September 21, 2012 at 23:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 08'	South
Longitude:	95° 03'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.72 meters/second, 1496.6 km/hour, 929.9 miles/hour or 808.1 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' 24.3"	15.50 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	south	15.50 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 27.0"	929.69 mi	west	0° 00' 02.1"	0.04 mi	south	929.69 mi
24 hours	14° 04' 33.8"	908.32 mi	east	0° 37' 24.7"	42.90 mi	north	911.22 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
Easter Island *	Fri 6:24 PM	1593 km	990 miles	860 nm	WSW
Lima	Fri 6:24 PM	2166 km	1346 miles	1170 nm	ENE
Galapagos Islands	Fri 5:24 PM	2315 km	1439 miles	1250 nm	NNE
Santiago *	Fri 8:24 PM	2762 km	1716 miles	1491 nm	SE
La Paz	Fri 7:24 PM	2880 km	1789 miles	1555 nm	E
Quito	Fri 6:24 PM	2930 km	1821 miles	1582 nm	NE
Sucre	Fri 7:24 PM	3120 km	1939 miles	1685 nm	E
Córdoba	Fri 8:24 PM	3275 km	2035 miles	1768 nm	ESE
Adamstown	Fri 3:24 PM	3607 km	2241 miles	1948 nm	WSW
San Jose	Fri 5:24 PM	3640 km	2262 miles	1965 nm	NNE