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.
Change time and date
|< 4 weeks||4 weeks >||March equinox|
|< 1 day||1 day >||June solstice|
|< 12 hours||12 hours >||September equinox|
|< 6 hours||6 hours >||December solstice|
|< 1 hour||1 hour >||Now/Current time|
|< 10 minutes||10 minutes >|
- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Monday, October 8, 2012 at 15:00:00 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 47%
|Previous phase||Third Quarter||Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM|
|Next phase||New Moon||Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM|
Position of the Moon
On Monday, October 8, 2012 at 15:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at
The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.06 meters/second, 1537.4 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|
|1 minute||0° 14' 30.8"||15.92 mi||west||0° 00' 05.9"||0.11 mi||south||15.92 mi|
|1 hour||14° 30' 54.8"||955.10 mi||west||0° 05' 55.3"||6.79 mi||south||955.39 mi|
|24 hours||11° 36' 18.7"||763.69 mi||east||2° 46' 16.2"||190.57 mi||south||792.60 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Tijuana *||Mon 8:00 AM||2254 km||1401 miles||1217 nm||NE|
|San Diego *||Mon 8:00 AM||2258 km||1403 miles||1219 nm||NE|
|Los Angeles *||Mon 8:00 AM||2290 km||1423 miles||1237 nm||NE|
|Mexicali *||Mon 8:00 AM||2374 km||1475 miles||1282 nm||NE|
|San Jose (USA) *||Mon 8:00 AM||2392 km||1487 miles||1292 nm||NNE|
|San Francisco *||Mon 8:00 AM||2412 km||1499 miles||1302 nm||NNE|
|Sacramento *||Mon 8:00 AM||2530 km||1572 miles||1366 nm||NNE|
|Hermosillo||Mon 8:00 AM||2533 km||1574 miles||1368 nm||ENE|
|Las Vegas *||Mon 8:00 AM||2652 km||1648 miles||1432 nm||NE|
|Honolulu||Mon 5:00 AM||2657 km||1651 miles||1435 nm||WNW|
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