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, January 20, 2013 at 01:36:00 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: 60%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 4:39 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 01:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 26'	North
Longitude:	104° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.22 meters/second, 1552.4 km/hour, 964.6 miles/hour or 838.2 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' 32.0"	16.08 mi	west	0° 00' 06.6"	0.13 mi	north	16.08 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 03.5"	964.44 mi	west	0° 06' 39.9"	7.64 mi	north	964.19 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 57.8"	747.63 mi	east	2° 18' 00.4"	158.19 mi	north	759.66 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
Colima	Sat 7:36 PM	326 km	203 miles	176 nm	NNE
Puerto Vallarta	Sat 7:36 PM	467 km	290 miles	252 nm	N
Guadalajara	Sat 7:36 PM	488 km	304 miles	264 nm	NNE
Acapulco	Sat 7:36 PM	503 km	313 miles	272 nm	E
Tepic	Sat 6:36 PM	563 km	350 miles	304 nm	N
Leon	Sat 7:36 PM	609 km	378 miles	329 nm	NNE
Aguascalientes	Sat 7:36 PM	649 km	403 miles	350 nm	NNE
Mexico City	Sat 7:36 PM	670 km	417 miles	362 nm	ENE
San Luis Potosi	Sat 7:36 PM	741 km	460 miles	400 nm	NNE
Mazatlan	Sat 6:36 PM	775 km	482 miles	419 nm	NNW