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 Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 16:18:00 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: 99%

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 Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 16:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 52'	North
Longitude:	126° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.71 meters/second, 1496.6 km/hour, 929.9 miles/hour or 808.1 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' 28.6"	15.50 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	south	15.50 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 42.7"	929.63 mi	west	0° 03' 10.8"	3.65 mi	south	929.81 mi
24 hours	12° 28' 14.2"	800.79 mi	east	1° 47' 55.6"	123.76 mi	south	815.12 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
Naha	Mon 1:18 AM	485 km	301 miles	262 nm	N
Taipei	Mon 12:18 AM	646 km	401 miles	349 nm	NW
Kaohsiung	Mon 12:18 AM	667 km	415 miles	360 nm	WNW
Taichung	Mon 12:18 AM	678 km	421 miles	366 nm	WNW
Baguio City	Mon 12:18 AM	888 km	552 miles	480 nm	SW
Foochow	Mon 12:18 AM	889 km	552 miles	480 nm	WNW
Xiamen	Mon 12:18 AM	939 km	583 miles	507 nm	WNW
Quezon	Mon 12:18 AM	998 km	620 miles	539 nm	SW
Manila	Mon 12:18 AM	1009 km	627 miles	545 nm	SW
Makati	Mon 12:18 AM	1014 km	630 miles	547 nm	SW