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 Friday, December 21, 2012 at 01:42:00 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: 59%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 21, 2012 at 01:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 11'	North
Longitude:	108° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.48 meters/second, 1607.3 km/hour, 998.8 miles/hour or 867.9 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' 33.1"	16.65 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	north	16.65 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 05.6"	998.72 mi	west	0° 10' 24.3"	11.92 mi	north	998.59 mi
24 hours	10° 45' 49.5"	738.76 mi	east	3° 57' 05.3"	271.59 mi	north	783.54 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	Thu 7:42 PM	1433 km	890 miles	774 nm	NE
Guadalajara	Thu 7:42 PM	1599 km	994 miles	864 nm	NNE
Mexico City	Thu 7:42 PM	1704 km	1059 miles	920 nm	NE
Leon	Thu 7:42 PM	1721 km	1069 miles	929 nm	NNE
Aguascalientes	Thu 7:42 PM	1762 km	1095 miles	952 nm	NNE
Mazatlan	Thu 6:42 PM	1791 km	1113 miles	967 nm	N
San Luis Potosi	Thu 7:42 PM	1852 km	1151 miles	1000 nm	NNE
Veracruz	Thu 7:42 PM	1898 km	1179 miles	1025 nm	NE
Guatemala	Thu 7:42 PM	2148 km	1335 miles	1160 nm	ENE
San Salvador	Thu 7:42 PM	2253 km	1400 miles	1216 nm	ENE