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 17:16:00 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 17:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 10'	North
Longitude:	81° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.67 meters/second, 1492.8 km/hour, 927.6 miles/hour or 806.1 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' 02.3"	0.04 mi	south	15.46 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 23.7"	927.30 mi	west	0° 02' 22.3"	2.72 mi	south	927.43 mi
24 hours	12° 39' 29.7"	811.08 mi	east	1° 29' 47.2"	102.96 mi	south	821.76 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
Raipur	Sat 10:46 PM	106 km	66 miles	57 nm	SSW
Shahdol	Sat 10:46 PM	135 km	84 miles	73 nm	NNW
Mandla	Sat 10:46 PM	159 km	99 miles	86 nm	WNW
Nuapada	Sat 10:46 PM	164 km	102 miles	89 nm	SSE
Balaghat	Sat 10:46 PM	179 km	111 miles	96 nm	WSW
Gondia	Sat 10:46 PM	189 km	117 miles	102 nm	WSW
Barabanki	Sat 10:46 PM	211 km	131 miles	114 nm	SSE
Sundergarh	Sat 10:46 PM	223 km	139 miles	121 nm	E
Jharsuguda	Sat 10:46 PM	226 km	141 miles	122 nm	E
Jabalpur	Sat 10:46 PM	228 km	142 miles	123 nm	WNW