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 2, 2011 at 04:12:00 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: 48%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, December 2, 2011 at 04:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 4° 05' | South |
| Longitude: | 157° 13' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.32 meters/second, 1617.6 km/hour, 1005.1 miles/hour or 873.4 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' 34.0" | 16.75 mi | west | 0° 00' 11.5" | 0.22 mi | north | 16.75 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 33' 59.1" | 1005.09 mi | west | 0° 11' 36.2" | 13.29 mi | north | 1005.30 mi |
| 24 hours | 10° 15' 25.2" | 707.75 mi | east | 4° 38' 31.6" | 318.97 mi | north | 777.46 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 |
|---|
| Kiritimati | Fri 6:12 PM | 657 km | 408 miles | 355 nm |  N |
| Fakaofo | Thu 5:12 PM | 1656 km | 1029 miles | 894 nm |  WSW |
| Papeete | Thu 6:12 PM | 1706 km | 1060 miles | 921 nm |  SSE |
| Rarotonga | Thu 6:12 PM | 1918 km | 1192 miles | 1036 nm |  S |
| Apia * | Thu 6:12 PM | 1929 km | 1199 miles | 1042 nm |  SW |
| Alofi | Thu 5:12 PM | 2157 km | 1340 miles | 1165 nm | SW |
| Baker Island | Thu 4:12 PM | 2195 km | 1364 miles | 1185 nm |  WNW |
| Funafuti | Fri 4:12 PM | 2653 km | 1649 miles | 1433 nm | WSW |
| Nukualofa | Fri 5:12 PM | 2709 km | 1684 miles | 1463 nm | SW |
| Honolulu | Thu 6:12 PM | 2809 km | 1746 miles | 1517 nm | N |
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