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 Friday, October 12, 2012 at 15:18:00 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: 11%

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 Friday, October 12, 2012 at 15:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 40'	North
Longitude:	90° 30'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.03 meters/second, 1612.9 km/hour, 1002.2 miles/hour or 870.9 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' 30.2"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 12.2"	0.23 mi	south	16.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 10.8"	1002.17 mi	west	0° 12' 17.2"	14.07 mi	south	1002.35 mi
24 hours	12° 06' 24.7"	836.59 mi	east	5° 00' 44.3"	344.41 mi	south	905.30 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
Galapagos Islands	Fri 9:18 AM	407 km	253 miles	220 nm	SSE
San Jose	Fri 9:18 AM	1073 km	667 miles	579 nm	NE
Managua	Fri 9:18 AM	1149 km	714 miles	620 nm	NNE
San Salvador	Fri 9:18 AM	1229 km	764 miles	663 nm	N
Santa Ana	Fri 9:18 AM	1257 km	781 miles	679 nm	N
Guayaquil	Fri 10:18 AM	1298 km	807 miles	701 nm	ESE
Tegucigalpa	Fri 9:18 AM	1313 km	816 miles	709 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Fri 9:18 AM	1321 km	821 miles	714 nm	N
Quito	Fri 10:18 AM	1374 km	854 miles	742 nm	ESE
Panama	Fri 10:18 AM	1403 km	872 miles	758 nm	ENE