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 15:58:00 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 15:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 13'	North
Longitude:	100° 41'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.54 meters/second, 1492.3 km/hour, 927.3 miles/hour or 805.8 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"	15.46 mi	west	0° 00' 02.1"	0.04 mi	south	15.46 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 24.5"	926.99 mi	west	0° 02' 13.0"	2.54 mi	south	927.12 mi
24 hours	12° 39' 27.7"	810.77 mi	east	1° 26' 05.4"	98.72 mi	south	820.77 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
Luang Prabang	Sat 10:58 PM	298 km	185 miles	161 nm	SSE
Kunming	Sat 11:58 PM	376 km	234 miles	203 nm	NNE
Chiang Mai	Sat 10:58 PM	418 km	260 miles	226 nm	SSW
Mandalay	Sat 10:28 PM	476 km	296 miles	257 nm	W
Vientiane	Sat 10:58 PM	511 km	318 miles	276 nm	SSE
Naypyidaw	Sat 10:28 PM	549 km	341 miles	297 nm	WSW
Hanoi	Sat 10:58 PM	551 km	342 miles	297 nm	ESE
Udon Thani	Sat 10:58 PM	576 km	358 miles	311 nm	SSE
Hai Phong	Sat 10:58 PM	639 km	397 miles	345 nm	ESE
Khon Kaen	Sat 10:58 PM	679 km	422 miles	367 nm	SSE