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, October 14, 2011 at 18:58:00 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: 94%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 2:06 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 3:30 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 14, 2011 at 18:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 57'	North
Longitude:	99° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.32 meters/second, 1520.4 km/hour, 944.7 miles/hour or 820.9 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' 31.3"	15.75 mi	west	0° 00' 05.6"	0.11 mi	north	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 21.1"	944.43 mi	west	0° 05' 38.3"	6.47 mi	north	944.17 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 35.0"	758.34 mi	east	1° 49' 28.1"	125.52 mi	north	764.21 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
Chiang Rai	Sat 1:58 AM	21 km	13 miles	12 nm	E
Chiang Mai	Sat 1:58 AM	145 km	90 miles	78 nm	SSW
Luang Prabang	Sat 1:58 AM	262 km	163 miles	142 nm	E
Naypyidaw	Sat 1:28 AM	370 km	230 miles	200 nm	W
Vientiane	Sat 1:58 AM	382 km	238 miles	206 nm	SE
Mandalay	Sat 1:28 AM	433 km	269 miles	234 nm	WNW
Udon Thani	Sat 1:58 AM	436 km	271 miles	236 nm	SE
Yangon	Sat 1:28 AM	509 km	316 miles	275 nm	SW
Khon Kaen	Sat 1:58 AM	516 km	320 miles	278 nm	SE
Kunming	Sat 2:58 AM	648 km	403 miles	350 nm	NNE