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 08:58:00 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 08:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 32'	North
Longitude:	139° 29'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.89 meters/second, 1490.0 km/hour, 925.8 miles/hour or 804.5 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' 28.9"	15.43 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 02.1"	925.53 mi	west	0° 00' 28.5"	0.54 mi	north	925.51 mi
24 hours	12° 27' 58.4"	796.68 mi	east	0° 20' 40.5"	23.71 mi	south	798.02 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
Honolulu	Fri 10:58 PM	1901 km	1182 miles	1027 nm	W
San Francisco	Sat 12:58 AM	2348 km	1459 miles	1268 nm	NE
San Jose	Sat 12:58 AM	2354 km	1463 miles	1271 nm	NE
Los Angeles	Sat 12:58 AM	2435 km	1513 miles	1315 nm	NE
San Diego	Sat 12:58 AM	2469 km	1534 miles	1333 nm	ENE
Sacramento	Sat 12:58 AM	2470 km	1535 miles	1334 nm	NE
Tijuana	Sat 12:58 AM	2474 km	1537 miles	1336 nm	ENE
Mexicali	Sat 12:58 AM	2616 km	1625 miles	1412 nm	ENE
Las Vegas	Sat 12:58 AM	2790 km	1733 miles	1506 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Sat 1:58 AM	2942 km	1828 miles	1589 nm	ENE