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 Tuesday, March 12, 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 hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

Previous 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 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 19:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 06'	North
Longitude:	105° 29'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.36 meters/second, 1610.5 km/hour, 1000.7 miles/hour or 869.6 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' 31.3"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.68 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 23.3"	1000.69 mi	west	0° 11' 06.2"	12.72 mi	north	1000.62 mi
24 hours	11° 24' 31.2"	786.10 mi	east	4° 14' 39.2"	291.68 mi	north	835.36 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	Tue 1:50 PM	1434 km	891 miles	774 nm	NNE
Mexico City	Tue 1:50 PM	1728 km	1074 miles	933 nm	NNE
Guadalajara	Tue 1:50 PM	1738 km	1080 miles	939 nm	N
Leon	Tue 1:50 PM	1825 km	1134 miles	985 nm	NNE
Veracruz	Tue 1:50 PM	1858 km	1154 miles	1003 nm	NNE
Galapagos Islands	Tue 1:50 PM	1885 km	1172 miles	1018 nm	ESE
Aguascalientes	Tue 1:50 PM	1886 km	1172 miles	1018 nm	N
Guatemala	Tue 1:50 PM	1946 km	1209 miles	1051 nm	NE
San Luis Potosi	Tue 1:50 PM	1949 km	1211 miles	1052 nm	NNE
Mazatlan	Tue 12:50 PM	2008 km	1248 miles	1084 nm	N