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 11:08:00 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: 96%

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 11:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 32'	North
Longitude:	145° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.52 meters/second, 1510.3 km/hour, 938.4 miles/hour or 815.5 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"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 05.2"	0.10 mi	south	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 55.0"	938.19 mi	west	0° 05' 19.6"	6.11 mi	south	938.49 mi
24 hours	12° 20' 00.3"	799.08 mi	east	2° 37' 20.3"	180.38 mi	south	825.55 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
Honolulu	Mon 1:08 AM	1247 km	775 miles	673 nm	W
Kiritimati	Tue 1:08 AM	2411 km	1498 miles	1302 nm	SSW
San Francisco	Mon 3:08 AM	2961 km	1840 miles	1599 nm	NE
Los Angeles	Mon 3:08 AM	3104 km	1929 miles	1676 nm	NE
Midway	Mon 12:08 AM	3294 km	2047 miles	1779 nm	WNW
Las Vegas	Mon 3:08 AM	3452 km	2145 miles	1864 nm	NE
Phoenix	Mon 4:08 AM	3628 km	2254 miles	1959 nm	ENE
Hermosillo	Mon 4:08 AM	3641 km	2263 miles	1966 nm	ENE
Seattle	Mon 3:08 AM	3676 km	2284 miles	1985 nm	NNE
Vancouver	Mon 3:08 AM	3776 km	2346 miles	2039 nm	NNE