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 Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 23:08:00 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: 8%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, May 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 23:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 36'	North
Longitude:	132° 60'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.02 meters/second, 1512.1 km/hour, 939.6 miles/hour or 816.5 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' 30.2"	15.66 mi	west	0° 00' 03.7"	0.07 mi	south	15.66 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 15.5"	939.31 mi	west	0° 03' 46.0"	4.32 mi	south	939.51 mi
24 hours	11° 50' 05.0"	766.51 mi	east	1° 57' 43.7"	134.98 mi	south	782.99 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 4:08 PM	2065 km	1283 miles	1115 nm	NE
San Diego *	Wed 4:08 PM	2067 km	1284 miles	1116 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Wed 4:08 PM	2081 km	1293 miles	1124 nm	NE
San Jose (USA) *	Wed 4:08 PM	2144 km	1332 miles	1158 nm	NNE
San Francisco *	Wed 4:08 PM	2159 km	1342 miles	1166 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Wed 4:08 PM	2193 km	1363 miles	1184 nm	NE
Sacramento *	Wed 4:08 PM	2279 km	1416 miles	1231 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Wed 4:08 PM	2411 km	1498 miles	1302 nm	ENE
Las Vegas *	Wed 4:08 PM	2446 km	1520 miles	1321 nm	NE
Phoenix	Wed 4:08 PM	2509 km	1559 miles	1355 nm	NE