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 Monday, March 11, 2013 at 18:50:00 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: 0%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Monday, March 11, 2013 at 7:51 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 11, 2013 at 18:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 19'	North
Longitude:	102° 29'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.88 meters/second, 1616.0 km/hour, 1004.1 miles/hour or 872.6 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' 30.8"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	north	16.74 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 56.2"	1004.11 mi	west	0° 11' 43.2"	13.42 mi	north	1004.19 mi
24 hours	11° 31' 50.0"	797.62 mi	east	4° 35' 42.5"	315.75 mi	north	856.89 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
Galapagos Islands	Mon 12:50 PM	1440 km	895 miles	778 nm	E
Acapulco	Mon 12:50 PM	1851 km	1150 miles	999 nm	N
Guatemala	Mon 12:50 PM	2057 km	1278 miles	1111 nm	NE
San Salvador	Mon 12:50 PM	2083 km	1294 miles	1125 nm	NE
Mexico City	Mon 12:50 PM	2146 km	1333 miles	1159 nm	N
Veracruz	Mon 12:50 PM	2199 km	1366 miles	1187 nm	NNE
Managua	Mon 12:50 PM	2219 km	1379 miles	1198 nm	NE
Guadalajara	Mon 12:50 PM	2254 km	1400 miles	1217 nm	N
Tegucigalpa	Mon 12:50 PM	2268 km	1409 miles	1224 nm	NE
San Jose	Mon 12:50 PM	2299 km	1428 miles	1241 nm	ENE