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, October 5, 2012 at 12:36:00 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: 76%

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 Friday, October 5, 2012 at 12:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 53'	North
Longitude:	132° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.51 meters/second, 1510.2 km/hour, 938.4 miles/hour or 815.5 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' 30.8"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 01.2"	0.02 mi	north	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 51.5"	938.15 mi	west	0° 01' 14.0"	1.41 mi	north	938.08 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 22.9"	755.66 mi	east	0° 02' 38.6"	3.03 mi	north	755.56 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
Tijuana *	Fri 5:36 AM	2042 km	1269 miles	1102 nm	NE
San Diego *	Fri 5:36 AM	2043 km	1270 miles	1103 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Fri 5:36 AM	2056 km	1277 miles	1110 nm	NE
San Jose (USA) *	Fri 5:36 AM	2115 km	1314 miles	1142 nm	NNE
San Francisco *	Fri 5:36 AM	2129 km	1323 miles	1150 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Fri 5:36 AM	2170 km	1349 miles	1172 nm	NE
Sacramento *	Fri 5:36 AM	2250 km	1398 miles	1215 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Fri 5:36 AM	2395 km	1488 miles	1293 nm	ENE
Las Vegas *	Fri 5:36 AM	2420 km	1504 miles	1307 nm	NE
Phoenix	Fri 5:36 AM	2488 km	1546 miles	1343 nm	NE