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 Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 08:52:00 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: 40%

Previous phase	New Moon	Friday, November 25, 2011 at 6:10 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, December 2, 2011 at 9:52 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 08:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 47'	South
Longitude:	124° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.83 meters/second, 1605.0 km/hour, 997.3 miles/hour or 866.6 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' 33.0"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 01.0"	997.26 mi	west	0° 11' 21.5"	13.01 mi	north	997.57 mi
24 hours	10° 33' 16.0"	723.41 mi	east	4° 36' 31.1"	316.70 mi	north	792.61 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
Dili	Thu 5:52 PM	169 km	105 miles	91 nm	ESE
Suai	Thu 5:52 PM	202 km	126 miles	109 nm	SSE
Same	Thu 5:52 PM	205 km	127 miles	111 nm	SE
Kupang	Thu 4:52 PM	273 km	170 miles	148 nm	SSW
Ende	Thu 4:52 PM	308 km	192 miles	167 nm	WSW
Kendari	Thu 4:52 PM	462 km	287 miles	250 nm	NNW
Makassar	Thu 4:52 PM	610 km	379 miles	329 nm	WNW
Raba	Thu 4:52 PM	611 km	380 miles	330 nm	W
Ambon	Thu 5:52 PM	627 km	390 miles	339 nm	NE
Mamuju	Thu 4:52 PM	820 km	510 miles	443 nm	NW