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 8, 2011 at 17:38:00 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: 97%

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 Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 17:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 46'	North
Longitude:	70° 40'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.69 meters/second, 1510.9 km/hour, 938.8 miles/hour or 815.8 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' 30.6"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	north	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 33.2"	938.52 mi	west	0° 04' 40.0"	5.35 mi	north	938.29 mi
24 hours	11° 59' 23.2"	775.63 mi	east	1° 24' 13.0"	96.58 mi	north	777.97 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
Veraval	Thu 11:08 PM	35 km	22 miles	19 nm	WNW
Junagadh	Thu 11:08 PM	85 km	53 miles	46 nm	NNW
Gondal	Thu 11:08 PM	132 km	82 miles	71 nm	N
Porbandar	Thu 11:08 PM	147 km	91 miles	79 nm	NW
Rajkot	Thu 11:08 PM	170 km	105 miles	92 nm	N
Bhavnagar	Thu 11:08 PM	189 km	117 miles	102 nm	NE
Jamnagar	Thu 11:08 PM	198 km	123 miles	107 nm	NNW
Daman	Thu 11:08 PM	231 km	143 miles	125 nm	E
Navsari	Thu 11:08 PM	234 km	145 miles	126 nm	E
Surat	Thu 11:08 PM	236 km	147 miles	127 nm	E