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 Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 14:26:00 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: 87%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 6:14 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, January 9, 2012 at 7:30 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 14:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 37'	North
Longitude:	98° 09'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.03 meters/second, 1501.3 km/hour, 932.9 miles/hour or 810.7 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' 29.9"	15.55 mi	west	0° 00' 03.4"	0.07 mi	north	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 59.9"	932.57 mi	west	0° 03' 23.9"	3.90 mi	north	932.40 mi
24 hours	12° 12' 12.6"	784.96 mi	east	0° 52' 08.4"	59.80 mi	north	784.85 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
Mandalay	Thu 8:56 PM	218 km	135 miles	118 nm	W
Naypyidaw	Thu 8:56 PM	297 km	185 miles	160 nm	SW
Chiang Mai	Thu 9:26 PM	325 km	202 miles	176 nm	SSE
Luang Prabang	Thu 9:26 PM	457 km	284 miles	247 nm	ESE
Yangon	Thu 8:56 PM	577 km	358 miles	311 nm	SSW
Kunming	Thu 10:26 PM	601 km	373 miles	324 nm	NE
Vientiane	Thu 9:26 PM	618 km	384 miles	334 nm	SE
Chittagong	Thu 8:26 PM	660 km	410 miles	357 nm	W
Udon Thani	Thu 9:26 PM	675 km	419 miles	364 nm	SE
Khon Kaen	Thu 9:26 PM	757 km	470 miles	409 nm	SE