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 10, 2011 at 08:16:00 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: 100%

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 10, 2011 at 08:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 32'	North
Longitude:	129° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.92 meters/second, 1490.1 km/hour, 925.9 miles/hour or 804.6 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' 29.0"	15.43 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 03.0"	925.59 mi	west	0° 00' 33.2"	0.64 mi	north	925.56 mi
24 hours	12° 27' 43.9"	796.46 mi	east	0° 18' 43.0"	21.46 mi	south	797.65 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
Tijuana	Sat 12:16 AM	1645 km	1022 miles	888 nm	NE
San Diego	Sat 12:16 AM	1648 km	1024 miles	890 nm	NE
Los Angeles	Sat 12:16 AM	1675 km	1041 miles	905 nm	NE
Mexicali	Sat 12:16 AM	1769 km	1099 miles	955 nm	NE
San Jose (USA)	Sat 12:16 AM	1791 km	1113 miles	967 nm	NNE
San Francisco	Sat 12:16 AM	1815 km	1128 miles	980 nm	NNE
Oakland	Sat 12:16 AM	1824 km	1133 miles	985 nm	NNE
Sacramento	Sat 12:16 AM	1930 km	1199 miles	1042 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Sat 1:16 AM	1978 km	1229 miles	1068 nm	ENE
Las Vegas	Sat 12:16 AM	2038 km	1266 miles	1101 nm	NE