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 15:10:00 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: 37%

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 15:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 11'	North
Longitude:	123° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.34 meters/second, 1560.0 km/hour, 969.4 miles/hour or 842.4 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' 31.1"	16.16 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	south	16.16 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 03.1"	969.21 mi	west	0° 07' 59.9"	9.17 mi	south	969.56 mi
24 hours	11° 34' 20.7"	772.64 mi	east	3° 33' 24.3"	244.53 mi	south	816.11 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
Mazatlan *	Tue 9:10 AM	2006 km	1247 miles	1083 nm	ENE
Hermosillo	Tue 8:10 AM	2008 km	1248 miles	1084 nm	NE
Tijuana *	Tue 8:10 AM	2032 km	1262 miles	1097 nm	NNE
San Diego *	Tue 8:10 AM	2046 km	1272 miles	1105 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Tue 8:10 AM	2099 km	1304 miles	1133 nm	NNE
Los Angeles *	Tue 8:10 AM	2156 km	1340 miles	1164 nm	NNE
Guadalajara *	Tue 10:10 AM	2222 km	1381 miles	1200 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Tue 8:10 AM	2330 km	1448 miles	1258 nm	NNE
Aguascalientes *	Tue 10:10 AM	2359 km	1466 miles	1274 nm	ENE
San Jose (USA) *	Tue 8:10 AM	2459 km	1528 miles	1328 nm	N