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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- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 22:08:00 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 11%
Position of the Moon
On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 22:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||14° 55' ||South|
|Longitude: ||119° 01' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.47 meters/second, 1553.3 km/hour, 965.2 miles/hour or 838.7 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' 26.1"||16.09 mi||west||0° 00' 09.5"||0.18 mi||south||16.09 mi|
|1 hour||14° 26' 06.3"||964.98 mi||west||0° 09' 28.1"||10.85 mi||south||964.69 mi|
|24 hours||13° 47' 03.8"||921.50 mi||east||3° 17' 56.8"||226.88 mi||south||941.65 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Adamstown||Tue 2:08 PM||1614 km||1003 miles||872 nm|| SW|
|Easter Island *||Tue 5:08 PM||1680 km||1044 miles||907 nm|| SE|
|Papeete||Tue 12:08 PM||3276 km||2036 miles||1769 nm|| W|
|Galapagos Islands||Tue 4:08 PM||3586 km||2228 miles||1936 nm|| ENE|
|Rarotonga||Tue 12:08 PM||4360 km||2709 miles||2354 nm|| WSW|
|Mexico City *||Tue 5:08 PM||4378 km||2720 miles||2364 nm|| NNE|
|Guatemala||Tue 4:08 PM||4526 km||2813 miles||2444 nm|| NE|
|Lima||Tue 5:08 PM||4549 km||2827 miles||2456 nm|| E|
|San Salvador||Tue 4:08 PM||4560 km||2834 miles||2462 nm|| NE|
|Kiritimati||Wed 12:08 PM||4611 km||2865 miles||2490 nm|| WNW|
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