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 Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 10:12:00 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: 60%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Friday, December 2, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 10:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 43'	North
Longitude:	125° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.65 meters/second, 1622.3 km/hour, 1008.1 miles/hour or 876.0 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' 34.7"	16.80 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.80 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 44.6"	1008.06 mi	west	0° 11' 28.1"	13.13 mi	north	1008.10 mi
24 hours	10° 05' 10.6"	697.41 mi	east	4° 30' 07.1"	309.36 mi	north	761.54 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
Manado	Sat 6:12 PM	86 km	53 miles	46 nm	WSW
Ternate	Sat 7:12 PM	225 km	140 miles	122 nm	ESE
Sofifi	Sat 7:12 PM	246 km	153 miles	133 nm	ESE
Gorontalo	Sat 6:12 PM	309 km	192 miles	167 nm	WSW
Davao	Sat 6:12 PM	592 km	368 miles	320 nm	N
Ambon	Sat 7:12 PM	665 km	413 miles	359 nm	SSE
Palu	Sat 6:12 PM	699 km	434 miles	377 nm	WSW
Kendari	Sat 6:12 PM	715 km	445 miles	386 nm	SSW
Mamuju	Sat 6:12 PM	888 km	552 miles	480 nm	WSW
Cebu City	Sat 6:12 PM	965 km	600 miles	521 nm	N