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 17:28:00 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 17:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 48'	North
Longitude:	109° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.89 meters/second, 1497.2 km/hour, 930.3 miles/hour or 808.4 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' 28.6"	15.51 mi	west	0° 00' 03.2"	0.06 mi	south	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 42.9"	930.04 mi	west	0° 03' 18.9"	3.80 mi	south	930.23 mi
24 hours	12° 27' 52.6"	800.75 mi	east	1° 51' 05.5"	127.38 mi	south	815.77 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
Haikou	Mon 1:28 AM	199 km	124 miles	108 nm	SSE
Nanning	Mon 1:28 AM	200 km	124 miles	108 nm	NW
Hai Phong	Mon 12:28 AM	351 km	218 miles	190 nm	WSW
Foshan	Mon 1:28 AM	357 km	222 miles	193 nm	ENE
Guangzhou	Mon 1:28 AM	375 km	233 miles	203 nm	ENE
Macau	Mon 1:28 AM	378 km	235 miles	204 nm	E
Guilin	Mon 1:28 AM	387 km	241 miles	209 nm	N
Hanoi	Mon 12:28 AM	430 km	267 miles	232 nm	W
Hong Kong	Mon 1:28 AM	444 km	276 miles	240 nm	E
Kowloon	Mon 1:28 AM	452 km	281 miles	244 nm	E