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 30, 2012 at 05:18:00 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: 100%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:19 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 05:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 52'	North
Longitude:	82° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.70 meters/second, 1608.1 km/hour, 999.2 miles/hour or 868.3 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' 32.9"	16.65 mi	west	0° 00' 10.6"	0.20 mi	north	16.66 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 55.6"	999.20 mi	west	0° 10' 38.0"	12.18 mi	north	999.09 mi
24 hours	10° 51' 30.8"	745.77 mi	east	4° 03' 11.8"	278.58 mi	north	792.55 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
David	Sun 12:18 AM	181 km	113 miles	98 nm	NNE
Boquete	Sun 12:18 AM	218 km	136 miles	118 nm	NNE
San Jose	Sat 11:18 PM	361 km	225 miles	195 nm	NNW
Alajuela	Sat 11:18 PM	375 km	233 miles	203 nm	NNW
Panama	Sun 12:18 AM	444 km	276 miles	240 nm	ENE
Masaya	Sat 11:18 PM	662 km	412 miles	358 nm	NNW
Managua	Sat 11:18 PM	688 km	427 miles	371 nm	NNW
Cali	Sun 12:18 AM	811 km	504 miles	438 nm	ESE
Medellin	Sun 12:18 AM	815 km	506 miles	440 nm	E
Tegucigalpa	Sat 11:18 PM	926 km	575 miles	500 nm	NNW