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, November 30, 2012 at 09:22:00 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	Full Moon	Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, November 30, 2012 at 09:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 38'	North
Longitude:	122° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.16 meters/second, 1512.6 km/hour, 939.9 miles/hour or 816.7 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' 30.7"	15.67 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.04 mi	south	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.5"	939.63 mi	west	0° 01' 52.7"	2.16 mi	south	939.73 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 24.3"	752.61 mi	east	1° 11' 17.2"	81.74 mi	south	759.89 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
Tijuana	Fri 1:22 AM	1439 km	894 miles	777 nm	NNE
San Diego	Fri 1:22 AM	1452 km	902 miles	784 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Fri 2:22 AM	1518 km	943 miles	820 nm	NE
Mexicali	Fri 1:22 AM	1518 km	943 miles	820 nm	NNE
Los Angeles	Fri 1:22 AM	1553 km	965 miles	839 nm	NNE
Mazatlan	Fri 2:22 AM	1718 km	1068 miles	928 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Fri 2:22 AM	1773 km	1102 miles	957 nm	NE
San Jose (USA)	Fri 1:22 AM	1853 km	1151 miles	1000 nm	N
Las Vegas	Fri 1:22 AM	1873 km	1164 miles	1011 nm	NNE
San Francisco	Fri 1:22 AM	1899 km	1180 miles	1025 nm	N