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 16:18:00 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 16:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 12'	North
Longitude:	95° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.57 meters/second, 1492.5 km/hour, 927.4 miles/hour or 805.9 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' 24.4"	927.07 mi	west	0° 02' 15.3"	2.59 mi	south	927.20 mi
24 hours	12° 39' 28.4"	810.85 mi	east	1° 27' 02.2"	99.81 mi	south	821.02 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	Sat 10:48 PM	33 km	21 miles	18 nm	SE
Naypyidaw	Sat 10:48 PM	273 km	169 miles	147 nm	S
Chittagong	Sat 10:18 PM	419 km	260 miles	226 nm	W
Chiang Mai	Sat 11:18 PM	499 km	310 miles	269 nm	SE
Comilla	Sat 10:18 PM	502 km	312 miles	271 nm	WNW
Sylhet	Sat 10:18 PM	506 km	314 miles	273 nm	NW
Cherrapunji	Sat 9:48 PM	542 km	337 miles	293 nm	NW
Chandpur	Sat 10:18 PM	547 km	340 miles	295 nm	WNW
Shillong	Sat 9:48 PM	550 km	342 miles	297 nm	NW
Barisal	Sat 10:18 PM	571 km	355 miles	309 nm	W