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, January 7, 2012 at 14:06:00 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	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 Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 14:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 17'	North
Longitude:	127° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.36 meters/second, 1491.7 km/hour, 926.9 miles/hour or 805.5 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' 28.4"	15.45 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.04 mi	south	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 26.0"	926.60 mi	west	0° 01' 59.5"	2.29 mi	south	926.71 mi
24 hours	12° 39' 21.1"	810.29 mi	east	1° 20' 46.2"	92.62 mi	south	819.35 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
Naha	Sat 11:06 PM	431 km	268 miles	233 nm	N
Taipei	Sat 10:06 PM	702 km	436 miles	379 nm	WNW
Kaohsiung	Sat 10:06 PM	750 km	466 miles	405 nm	W
Foochow	Sat 10:06 PM	946 km	588 miles	511 nm	WNW
Baguio City	Sat 10:06 PM	989 km	614 miles	534 nm	SW
Xiamen	Sat 10:06 PM	1013 km	629 miles	547 nm	WNW
Kagoshima	Sat 11:06 PM	1069 km	665 miles	577 nm	NNE
Quezon	Sat 10:06 PM	1093 km	679 miles	590 nm	SW
Manila	Sat 10:06 PM	1104 km	686 miles	596 nm	SW
Shantou	Sat 10:06 PM	1138 km	707 miles	614 nm	W