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 28, 2012 at 04:18:00 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: 97%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Monday, October 22, 2012 at 3:32 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7:50 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 04:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 42'	North
Longitude:	87° 26'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.58 meters/second, 1596.9 km/hour, 992.3 miles/hour or 862.3 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' 33.1"	16.54 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	north	16.54 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 02.9"	992.18 mi	west	0° 09' 45.5"	11.18 mi	north	992.01 mi
24 hours	10° 51' 37.8"	740.58 mi	east	3° 39' 48.9"	251.84 mi	north	777.92 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
Liberia	Sat 10:18 PM	242 km	151 miles	131 nm	ENE
Masaya	Sat 10:18 PM	291 km	181 miles	157 nm	NNE
Managua	Sat 10:18 PM	300 km	186 miles	162 nm	NNE
Alajuela	Sat 10:18 PM	356 km	221 miles	192 nm	E
San Jose	Sat 10:18 PM	369 km	229 miles	199 nm	E
San Miguel	Sat 10:18 PM	426 km	264 miles	230 nm	N
San Salvador	Sat 10:18 PM	482 km	299 miles	260 nm	NNW
Tegucigalpa	Sat 10:18 PM	485 km	302 miles	262 nm	N
Santa Ana	Sat 10:18 PM	528 km	328 miles	285 nm	NNW
David	Sat 11:18 PM	569 km	353 miles	307 nm	ESE