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 Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 03:52:00 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: 64%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 5:27 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 9:28 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 03:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 05'	North
Longitude:	129° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.04 meters/second, 1537.3 km/hour, 955.3 miles/hour or 830.1 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"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 04.9"	0.09 mi	south	15.92 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 20.6"	955.07 mi	west	0° 04' 58.7"	5.71 mi	south	955.31 mi
24 hours	11° 24' 42.8"	750.58 mi	east	2° 22' 27.6"	163.29 mi	south	772.85 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 *	Wed 8:52 PM	2059 km	1279 miles	1112 nm	NE
San Diego *	Wed 8:52 PM	2066 km	1284 miles	1115 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Wed 8:52 PM	2117 km	1315 miles	1143 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Wed 8:52 PM	2169 km	1348 miles	1171 nm	NE
San Jose (USA) *	Wed 8:52 PM	2274 km	1413 miles	1228 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Wed 8:52 PM	2281 km	1418 miles	1232 nm	NE
San Francisco *	Wed 8:52 PM	2301 km	1430 miles	1243 nm	NNE
Sacramento *	Wed 8:52 PM	2415 km	1500 miles	1304 nm	NNE
Phoenix	Wed 8:52 PM	2464 km	1531 miles	1330 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Wed 8:52 PM	2473 km	1536 miles	1335 nm	NNE