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 Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 14:00:00 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: 38%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 14:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 21'	North
Longitude:	106° 37'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.03 meters/second, 1558.9 km/hour, 968.7 miles/hour or 841.7 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' 30.9"	16.14 mi	west	0° 00' 07.9"	0.15 mi	south	16.15 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 02.9"	968.50 mi	west	0° 07' 54.1"	9.06 mi	south	968.84 mi
24 hours	11° 34' 21.3"	772.09 mi	east	3° 31' 16.5"	242.09 mi	south	814.86 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
Colima *	Tue 9:00 AM	530 km	329 miles	286 nm	NE
Puerto Vallarta *	Tue 9:00 AM	601 km	373 miles	324 nm	NNE
Guadalajara *	Tue 9:00 AM	683 km	424 miles	369 nm	NNE
Acapulco *	Tue 9:00 AM	734 km	456 miles	396 nm	ENE
Leon *	Tue 9:00 AM	828 km	514 miles	447 nm	NE
Aguascalientes *	Tue 9:00 AM	852 km	529 miles	460 nm	NNE
Mazatlan *	Tue 8:00 AM	872 km	542 miles	471 nm	N
Mexico City *	Tue 9:00 AM	914 km	568 miles	494 nm	ENE
San Luis Potosi *	Tue 9:00 AM	959 km	596 miles	518 nm	NE
Veracruz *	Tue 9:00 AM	1189 km	739 miles	642 nm	ENE