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 Friday, January 6, 2012 at 15:16:00 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: 93%

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 Friday, January 6, 2012 at 15:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 30'	North
Longitude:	98° 17'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.97 meters/second, 1490.3 km/hour, 926.0 miles/hour or 804.7 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' 28.9"	15.43 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 58.3"	925.70 mi	west	0° 00' 41.5"	0.80 mi	north	925.66 mi
24 hours	12° 32' 01.4"	801.20 mi	east	0° 15' 37.1"	17.91 mi	south	802.15 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	Fri 9:46 PM	234 km	146 miles	127 nm	WSW
Naypyidaw	Fri 9:46 PM	379 km	236 miles	205 nm	SW
Chiang Mai	Fri 10:16 PM	417 km	259 miles	225 nm	S
Luang Prabang	Fri 10:16 PM	494 km	307 miles	267 nm	SE
Kunming	Fri 11:16 PM	531 km	330 miles	287 nm	ENE
Chittagong	Fri 9:16 PM	668 km	415 miles	360 nm	W
Yangon	Fri 9:46 PM	673 km	418 miles	363 nm	SSW
Vientiane	Fri 10:16 PM	675 km	420 miles	365 nm	SE
Hanoi	Fri 10:16 PM	799 km	497 miles	432 nm	E
Dhaka	Fri 9:16 PM	817 km	508 miles	441 nm	W