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 12:20:00 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 12:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 56'	North
Longitude:	117° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.30 meters/second, 1509.5 km/hour, 937.9 miles/hour or 815.1 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' 30.6"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 43.1"	937.69 mi	west	0° 01' 05.4"	1.25 mi	south	937.75 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 39.8"	756.80 mi	east	0° 53' 09.9"	60.96 mi	south	761.45 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
Hermosillo	Sat 5:20 AM	1111 km	690 miles	600 nm	NE
Mazatlan *	Sat 6:20 AM	1162 km	722 miles	628 nm	ENE
Puerto Vallarta *	Sat 7:20 AM	1268 km	788 miles	685 nm	E
Tijuana *	Sat 5:20 AM	1286 km	799 miles	694 nm	N
San Diego *	Sat 5:20 AM	1306 km	811 miles	705 nm	N
Mexicali *	Sat 5:20 AM	1312 km	815 miles	708 nm	N
Tucson	Sat 5:20 AM	1405 km	873 miles	758 nm	NNE
Long Beach *	Sat 5:20 AM	1426 km	886 miles	770 nm	N
Chihuahua *	Sat 6:20 AM	1427 km	887 miles	771 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Sat 5:20 AM	1456 km	905 miles	786 nm	N