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 12:46:00 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 12:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 56'	North
Longitude:	123° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.32 meters/second, 1509.6 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' 30.6"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 43.1"	937.74 mi	west	0° 01' 08.0"	1.30 mi	south	937.80 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 39.0"	756.83 mi	east	0° 54' 10.8"	62.12 mi	south	761.60 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 5:46 AM	1447 km	899 miles	781 nm	NNE
San Diego *	Sat 5:46 AM	1459 km	907 miles	788 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Sat 5:46 AM	1534 km	953 miles	828 nm	NNE
Los Angeles *	Sat 5:46 AM	1550 km	963 miles	837 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Sat 5:46 AM	1569 km	975 miles	847 nm	NE
Mazatlan *	Sat 6:46 AM	1801 km	1119 miles	972 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Sat 5:46 AM	1801 km	1119 miles	972 nm	NE
San Jose (USA) *	Sat 5:46 AM	1827 km	1135 miles	987 nm	N
San Francisco *	Sat 5:46 AM	1871 km	1162 miles	1010 nm	N
Oakland *	Sat 5:46 AM	1874 km	1164 miles	1012 nm	N