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 Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 14:50:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 24%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 14:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 27'	South
Longitude:	97° 48'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.87 meters/second, 1547.5 km/hour, 961.6 miles/hour or 835.6 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' 29.3"	16.03 mi	west	0° 00' 08.4"	0.16 mi	north	16.03 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 26.6"	961.43 mi	west	0° 08' 27.0"	9.69 mi	north	961.83 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 55.5"	789.52 mi	east	3° 42' 21.0"	254.80 mi	north	836.22 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
Easter Island *	Sat 9:50 AM	1674 km	1040 miles	904 nm	SW
Galapagos Islands	Sat 8:50 AM	1941 km	1206 miles	1048 nm	NNE
Lima	Sat 9:50 AM	2291 km	1424 miles	1237 nm	E
Guayaquil	Sat 9:50 AM	2514 km	1562 miles	1358 nm	NE
Quito	Sat 9:50 AM	2775 km	1725 miles	1499 nm	NE
La Paz	Sat 10:50 AM	3165 km	1967 miles	1709 nm	E
San Jose	Sat 8:50 AM	3286 km	2042 miles	1774 nm	NNE
Santiago *	Sat 11:50 AM	3307 km	2055 miles	1785 nm	SE
Managua	Sat 8:50 AM	3408 km	2118 miles	1840 nm	NNE
Sucre	Sat 10:50 AM	3458 km	2149 miles	1867 nm	E