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 19:50:00 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
This phase	New Moon	Monday, March 11, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 5:27 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 30'	North
Longitude:	116° 60'	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' 57.6"	1004.11 mi	west	0° 11' 42.5"	13.41 mi	north	1004.19 mi
24 hours	11° 31' 23.5"	797.09 mi	east	4° 35' 07.6"	315.09 mi	north	856.06 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
Acapulco	Mon 1:50 PM	2602 km	1617 miles	1405 nm	NE
Mexico City	Mon 1:50 PM	2860 km	1777 miles	1544 nm	NE
Galapagos Islands	Mon 1:50 PM	3054 km	1898 miles	1649 nm	E
Easter Island *	Mon 2:50 PM	3161 km	1964 miles	1707 nm	SSE
Adamstown	Mon 11:50 AM	3162 km	1965 miles	1707 nm	SSW
Hermosillo	Mon 12:50 PM	3225 km	2004 miles	1741 nm	N
Guatemala	Mon 1:50 PM	3304 km	2053 miles	1784 nm	ENE
San Salvador	Mon 1:50 PM	3394 km	2109 miles	1832 nm	ENE
Belmopan	Mon 1:50 PM	3604 km	2240 miles	1946 nm	ENE
Tegucigalpa	Mon 1:50 PM	3606 km	2240 miles	1947 nm	ENE