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 Monday, December 12, 2011 at 05:18:00 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: 97%

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 Monday, December 12, 2011 at 05:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 01'	North
Longitude:	61° 26'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.15 meters/second, 1505.3 km/hour, 935.4 miles/hour or 812.8 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"	15.59 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	south	15.59 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 49.5"	935.12 mi	west	0° 04' 40.4"	5.36 mi	south	935.37 mi
24 hours	12° 23' 03.6"	799.83 mi	east	2° 22' 27.2"	163.33 mi	south	822.31 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
The Valley	Mon 1:18 AM	355 km	220 miles	191 nm	SSW
Marigot	Mon 1:18 AM	370 km	230 miles	200 nm	SSW
Gustavia	Mon 1:18 AM	377 km	234 miles	203 nm	SSW
Basseterre (St. Kitts)	Mon 1:18 AM	434 km	269 miles	234 nm	SSW
Saint John's (Antigua)	Mon 1:18 AM	434 km	270 miles	235 nm	S
Road Town	Mon 1:18 AM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	SW
Charlotte Amalie	Mon 1:18 AM	472 km	293 miles	255 nm	SW
Brades	Mon 1:18 AM	478 km	297 miles	258 nm	S
Christiansted	Mon 1:18 AM	500 km	311 miles	270 nm	SW
Pointe-à-Pitre	Mon 1:18 AM	529 km	329 miles	286 nm	S