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 14:52:00 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: 62%

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 14:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 36'	North
Longitude:	57° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.41 meters/second, 1621.5 km/hour, 1007.5 miles/hour or 875.5 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' 34.8"	16.79 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.79 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 46.9"	1007.52 mi	west	0° 11' 23.7"	13.05 mi	north	1007.53 mi
24 hours	10° 05' 23.5"	697.25 mi	east	4° 27' 39.2"	306.54 mi	north	759.89 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
Victoria	Sat 6:52 PM	832 km	517 miles	449 nm	SSW
Mogadishu	Sat 5:52 PM	1359 km	844 miles	734 nm	W
Male	Sat 7:52 PM	1783 km	1108 miles	963 nm	E
Aden	Sat 5:52 PM	1785 km	1109 miles	964 nm	NW
Djibouti	Sat 5:52 PM	1873 km	1164 miles	1012 nm	WNW
Diego Garcia	Sat 8:52 PM	1985 km	1233 miles	1072 nm	SE
Sana	Sat 5:52 PM	2032 km	1262 miles	1097 nm	NW
Addis Ababa	Sat 5:52 PM	2197 km	1365 miles	1186 nm	WNW
Moroni	Sat 5:52 PM	2229 km	1385 miles	1204 nm	SW
Thiruvananthapuram	Sat 8:22 PM	2246 km	1396 miles	1213 nm	ENE