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

Latitude:	22° 33'	North
Longitude:	116° 43'	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' 00.3"	0.01 mi	south	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 52.9"	925.27 mi	west	0° 00' 21.1"	0.41 mi	south	925.29 mi
24 hours	12° 29' 50.2"	798.58 mi	east	0° 40' 46.7"	46.77 mi	south	801.89 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
Shantou	Sun 12:08 AM	90 km	56 miles	49 nm	N
Xiamen	Sun 12:08 AM	253 km	157 miles	136 nm	NNE
Kowloon	Sun 12:08 AM	255 km	159 miles	138 nm	W
Shenzhen	Sun 12:08 AM	258 km	160 miles	139 nm	W
Hong Kong	Sun 12:08 AM	263 km	163 miles	142 nm	W
Macau	Sun 12:08 AM	329 km	205 miles	178 nm	W
Guangzhou	Sun 12:08 AM	361 km	224 miles	195 nm	W
Foshan	Sun 12:08 AM	373 km	232 miles	202 nm	W
Kaohsiung	Sun 12:08 AM	387 km	240 miles	209 nm	E
Taichung	Sun 12:08 AM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	ENE