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 12:36:00 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 12:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 56'	North
Longitude:	121° 17'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.31 meters/second, 1509.5 km/hour, 938.0 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' 30.7"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 43.1"	937.72 mi	west	0° 01' 07.0"	1.28 mi	south	937.78 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 39.3"	756.82 mi	east	0° 53' 47.4"	61.68 mi	south	761.54 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 *	Sat 5:36 AM	1354 km	841 miles	731 nm	NNE
San Diego *	Sat 5:36 AM	1369 km	851 miles	739 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Sat 5:36 AM	1376 km	855 miles	743 nm	NE
Mexicali *	Sat 5:36 AM	1421 km	883 miles	767 nm	NNE
Los Angeles *	Sat 5:36 AM	1484 km	922 miles	801 nm	N
Mazatlan *	Sat 6:36 AM	1554 km	966 miles	839 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Sat 5:36 AM	1659 km	1031 miles	896 nm	NNE
Las Vegas *	Sat 5:36 AM	1788 km	1111 miles	965 nm	NNE
San Jose (USA) *	Sat 5:36 AM	1819 km	1130 miles	982 nm	N
Guadalajara *	Sat 7:36 AM	1866 km	1160 miles	1008 nm	E