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 14:46:00 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 14:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 15'	North
Longitude:	118° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.42 meters/second, 1491.9 km/hour, 927.0 miles/hour or 805.6 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' 02.0"	0.04 mi	south	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 25.5"	926.73 mi	west	0° 02' 04.3"	2.38 mi	south	926.85 mi
24 hours	12° 39' 24.0"	810.46 mi	east	1° 22' 40.3"	94.80 mi	south	819.85 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
Shantou	Sat 10:46 PM	187 km	116 miles	101 nm	NW
Xiamen	Sat 10:46 PM	244 km	151 miles	132 nm	N
Kaohsiung	Sat 10:46 PM	262 km	163 miles	141 nm	ENE
Taichung	Sat 10:46 PM	340 km	211 miles	184 nm	NE
Kowloon	Sat 10:46 PM	392 km	244 miles	212 nm	W
Shenzhen	Sat 10:46 PM	397 km	247 miles	214 nm	W
Hong Kong	Sat 10:46 PM	399 km	248 miles	216 nm	W
Foochow	Sat 10:46 PM	436 km	271 miles	236 nm	NNE
Macau	Sat 10:46 PM	465 km	289 miles	251 nm	W
Taipei	Sat 10:46 PM	471 km	293 miles	254 nm	NE