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 Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 18:02:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

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 Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 18:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 56'	South
Longitude:	105° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.96 meters/second, 1594.6 km/hour, 990.9 miles/hour or 861.0 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' 27.5"	16.51 mi	west	0° 00' 12.1"	0.23 mi	south	16.52 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 36.9"	990.75 mi	west	0° 12' 11.2"	13.96 mi	south	990.60 mi
24 hours	13° 15' 50.8"	908.80 mi	east	4° 38' 22.5"	318.90 mi	south	957.35 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	Sun 12:02 PM	1912 km	1188 miles	1032 nm	ENE
Easter Island *	Sun 1:02 PM	2161 km	1343 miles	1167 nm	S
Guatemala	Sun 12:02 PM	2981 km	1853 miles	1610 nm	NNE
San Salvador	Sun 12:02 PM	2984 km	1854 miles	1611 nm	NE
Managua	Sun 12:02 PM	3065 km	1904 miles	1655 nm	NE
San Jose	Sun 12:02 PM	3075 km	1911 miles	1661 nm	NE
Quito	Sun 1:02 PM	3098 km	1925 miles	1673 nm	ENE
Mexico City *	Sun 1:02 PM	3101 km	1927 miles	1675 nm	NNE
Lima	Sun 1:02 PM	3136 km	1949 miles	1693 nm	E
Tegucigalpa	Sun 12:02 PM	3151 km	1958 miles	1702 nm	NE