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 Sunday, January 8, 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: 100%

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 Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 15:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 47'	North
Longitude:	113° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.61 meters/second, 1507.0 km/hour, 936.4 miles/hour or 813.7 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"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 05.0"	0.10 mi	south	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 22.9"	936.14 mi	west	0° 05' 03.7"	5.80 mi	south	936.42 mi
24 hours	12° 34' 53.3"	813.86 mi	east	2° 32' 32.3"	174.88 mi	south	838.83 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	Sun 11:58 PM	159 km	99 miles	86 nm	N
Hong Kong	Sun 11:58 PM	190 km	118 miles	103 nm	NNE
Kowloon	Sun 11:58 PM	196 km	122 miles	106 nm	NNE
Shenzhen	Sun 11:58 PM	226 km	140 miles	122 nm	NNE
Foshan	Sun 11:58 PM	249 km	155 miles	135 nm	N
Guangzhou	Sun 11:58 PM	260 km	162 miles	141 nm	N
Haikou	Sun 11:58 PM	324 km	201 miles	175 nm	WSW
Shantou	Sun 11:58 PM	447 km	278 miles	241 nm	NE
Nanning	Sun 11:58 PM	567 km	352 miles	306 nm	WNW
Guilin	Sun 11:58 PM	588 km	365 miles	318 nm	NNW