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 9, 2011 at 13:16:00 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: 99%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, December 9, 2011 at 13:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 21° 60' | North |
| Longitude: | 145° 57' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.79 meters/second, 1496.8 km/hour, 930.1 miles/hour or 808.2 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' 29.7" | 15.50 mi | west | 0° 00' 02.7" | 0.05 mi | north | 15.50 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 29' 40.2" | 929.77 mi | west | 0° 02' 40.1" | 3.06 mi | north | 929.63 mi |
| 24 hours | 12° 17' 14.6" | 788.28 mi | east | 0° 33' 31.7" | 38.45 mi | north | 787.66 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 |
|---|
| Saipan | Fri 11:16 PM | 752 km | 468 miles | 406 nm |  S |
| Guam (Hagåtña) | Fri 11:16 PM | 951 km | 591 miles | 514 nm | S |
| Yokohama | Fri 10:16 PM | 1612 km | 1002 miles | 870 nm |  NNW |
| Shizuoka | Fri 10:16 PM | 1617 km | 1005 miles | 873 nm | NNW |
| Kawasaki | Fri 10:16 PM | 1618 km | 1005 miles | 874 nm | NNW |
| Hamamatsu | Fri 10:16 PM | 1621 km | 1007 miles | 875 nm | NNW |
| Sagamihara | Fri 10:16 PM | 1635 km | 1016 miles | 883 nm | NNW |
| Tokyo | Fri 10:16 PM | 1635 km | 1016 miles | 883 nm | NNW |
| Nagoya | Fri 10:16 PM | 1704 km | 1059 miles | 920 nm | NNW |
| Osaka | Fri 10:16 PM | 1736 km | 1079 miles | 937 nm | NNW |
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