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 14:36:00 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
This phase	Full Moon	Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 12:48 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 14:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 33'	North
Longitude:	138° 56'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.77 meters/second, 1489.6 km/hour, 925.6 miles/hour or 804.3 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' 28.8"	15.43 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	south	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 54.7"	925.27 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	south	925.28 mi
24 hours	12° 29' 31.9"	798.23 mi	east	0° 36' 28.2"	41.83 mi	south	801.06 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
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sun 12:36 AM	1179 km	732 miles	636 nm	SSE
Kagoshima	Sat 11:36 PM	1300 km	808 miles	702 nm	NW
Hamamatsu	Sat 11:36 PM	1352 km	840 miles	730 nm	N
Shizuoka	Sat 11:36 PM	1378 km	856 miles	744 nm	N
Osaka	Sat 11:36 PM	1383 km	860 miles	747 nm	NNW
Matsuyama	Sat 11:36 PM	1389 km	863 miles	750 nm	NNW
Kobe	Sat 11:36 PM	1393 km	866 miles	752 nm	NNW
Kumamoto	Sat 11:36 PM	1394 km	866 miles	753 nm	NNW
Nagoya	Sat 11:36 PM	1412 km	877 miles	762 nm	N
Kyoto	Sat 11:36 PM	1414 km	878 miles	763 nm	NNW