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 29, 2012 at 03:18:00 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: 99%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7:41 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 03:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 05'	North
Longitude:	64° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.56 meters/second, 1618.4 km/hour, 1005.6 miles/hour or 873.9 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' 32.7"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.76 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 48.5"	1005.62 mi	west	0° 11' 21.8"	13.01 mi	north	1005.64 mi
24 hours	10° 50' 30.7"	749.50 mi	east	4° 26' 04.9"	304.74 mi	north	807.42 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
Boa Vista	Fri 11:18 PM	450 km	279 miles	243 nm	E
Manaus	Fri 11:18 PM	774 km	481 miles	418 nm	SE
Linden	Fri 11:18 PM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	ENE
Georgetown	Fri 11:18 PM	893 km	555 miles	482 nm	NE
New Amsterdam	Fri 11:18 PM	919 km	571 miles	496 nm	ENE
Nieuw Nickerie	Sat 12:18 AM	955 km	593 miles	516 nm	ENE
Caracas	Fri 10:48 PM	962 km	598 miles	520 nm	NNW
San Fernando	Fri 11:18 PM	975 km	606 miles	526 nm	NNE
Chaguanas	Fri 11:18 PM	1001 km	622 miles	540 nm	NNE
Port of Spain	Fri 11:18 PM	1011 km	628 miles	546 nm	NNE