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 15:08:00 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 15:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 15'	North
Longitude:	112° 45'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.46 meters/second, 1492.0 km/hour, 927.1 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' 02.1"	0.04 mi	south	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 25.1"	926.81 mi	west	0° 02' 06.9"	2.43 mi	south	926.93 mi
24 hours	12° 39' 25.3"	810.56 mi	east	1° 23' 43.0"	96.00 mi	south	820.13 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
Macau	Sat 11:08 PM	82 km	51 miles	44 nm	E
Foshan	Sat 11:08 PM	94 km	59 miles	51 nm	NNE
Guangzhou	Sat 11:08 PM	112 km	69 miles	60 nm	NNE
Hong Kong	Sat 11:08 PM	148 km	92 miles	80 nm	E
Kowloon	Sat 11:08 PM	155 km	97 miles	84 nm	E
Shenzhen	Sat 11:08 PM	158 km	98 miles	85 nm	ENE
Haikou	Sat 11:08 PM	349 km	217 miles	188 nm	SW
Guilin	Sat 11:08 PM	419 km	260 miles	226 nm	NW
Shantou	Sat 11:08 PM	422 km	262 miles	228 nm	ENE
Nanning	Sat 11:08 PM	460 km	286 miles	249 nm	W