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, October 6, 2012 at 11:36:00 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: 67%

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 Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 11:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 57'	North
Longitude:	106° 46'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.27 meters/second, 1509.4 km/hour, 937.9 miles/hour or 815.0 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' 30.6"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 43.2"	937.62 mi	west	0° 01' 01.0"	1.17 mi	south	937.67 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 41.1"	756.76 mi	east	0° 51' 27.0"	58.99 mi	south	761.18 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
Puerto Vallarta *	Sat 6:36 AM	164 km	102 miles	89 nm	ESE
Tepic *	Sat 5:36 AM	204 km	127 miles	110 nm	ENE
Ixtlán del Río *	Sat 5:36 AM	250 km	155 miles	135 nm	E
Mazatlan *	Sat 5:36 AM	254 km	158 miles	137 nm	N
Guadalajara *	Sat 6:36 AM	358 km	222 miles	193 nm	E
Colima *	Sat 6:36 AM	370 km	230 miles	200 nm	ESE
Fresnillo *	Sat 6:36 AM	473 km	294 miles	255 nm	ENE
Aguascalientes *	Sat 6:36 AM	474 km	295 miles	256 nm	ENE
Leon *	Sat 6:36 AM	528 km	328 miles	285 nm	E
San Luis Potosi *	Sat 6:36 AM	615 km	382 miles	332 nm	ENE