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 11:18:00 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 11:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 33'	North
Longitude:	173° 17'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.82 meters/second, 1489.7 km/hour, 925.7 miles/hour or 804.4 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' 00.3"	0.01 mi	north	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 58.8"	925.37 mi	west	0° 00' 12.3"	0.24 mi	north	925.36 mi
24 hours	12° 28' 42.1"	797.37 mi	east	0° 27' 12.6"	31.21 mi	south	799.28 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
Midway	Sat 12:18 AM	750 km	466 miles	405 nm	NNW
Honolulu	Sat 1:18 AM	1599 km	993 miles	863 nm	E
Wake Island	Sat 11:18 PM	2117 km	1316 miles	1143 nm	W
Majuro	Sat 11:18 PM	2381 km	1480 miles	1286 nm	SW
Baker Island	Fri 11:18 PM	2497 km	1552 miles	1348 nm	S
Tarawa	Sat 11:18 PM	2769 km	1721 miles	1495 nm	SW
Kiritimati	Sun 1:18 AM	2865 km	1780 miles	1547 nm	SE
Adak	Sat 1:18 AM	3267 km	2030 miles	1764 nm	N
Yaren	Sat 11:18 PM	3336 km	2073 miles	1801 nm	SW
Palikir	Sat 10:18 PM	3516 km	2185 miles	1898 nm	WSW