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 17, 2011 at 08:58:00 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: 58%

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 17, 2011 at 08:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 27'	North
Longitude:	54° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.74 meters/second, 1615.4 km/hour, 1003.8 miles/hour or 872.3 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' 30.6"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 13.2"	0.25 mi	south	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 37.5"	1003.74 mi	west	0° 13' 12.9"	15.14 mi	south	1003.86 mi
24 hours	11° 52' 57.0"	821.96 mi	east	5° 17' 46.6"	363.93 mi	south	898.12 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
Santarém	Sat 5:58 AM	317 km	197 miles	171 nm	S
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	Sat 5:58 AM	567 km	352 miles	306 nm	N
Cayenne	Sat 5:58 AM	570 km	354 miles	308 nm	NNE
Paramaribo	Sat 5:58 AM	596 km	370 miles	322 nm	N
Nieuw Nickerie	Sat 5:58 AM	653 km	406 miles	352 nm	NNW
Manaus	Sat 4:58 AM	697 km	433 miles	377 nm	SW
New Amsterdam	Sat 4:58 AM	707 km	439 miles	382 nm	NNW
Linden	Sat 4:58 AM	725 km	450 miles	391 nm	NNW
Belém	Sat 5:58 AM	739 km	459 miles	399 nm	ESE
Georgetown	Sat 4:58 AM	795 km	494 miles	429 nm	NNW