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 Monday, February 6, 2012 at 16:02:00 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: 98%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 4:10 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:54 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, February 6, 2012 at 16:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 05'	North
Longitude:	105° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.32 meters/second, 1549.2 km/hour, 962.6 miles/hour or 836.5 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' 28.7"	16.04 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.17 mi	south	16.04 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 43.7"	962.42 mi	west	0° 09' 12.4"	10.55 mi	south	962.85 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 47.3"	826.27 mi	east	4° 05' 56.8"	281.83 mi	south	880.36 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
Pakse	Mon 11:02 PM	107 km	66 miles	58 nm	S
Savannakhet	Mon 11:02 PM	130 km	81 miles	70 nm	WNW
Sakon Nakhon	Mon 11:02 PM	218 km	136 miles	118 nm	WNW
Khon Kaen	Mon 11:02 PM	325 km	202 miles	176 nm	W
Udon Thani	Mon 11:02 PM	358 km	222 miles	193 nm	WNW
Vientiane	Mon 11:02 PM	404 km	251 miles	218 nm	WNW
Battambang	Mon 11:02 PM	437 km	272 miles	236 nm	SW
Phnom Penh	Mon 11:02 PM	508 km	316 miles	274 nm	SSW
Hai Phong	Mon 11:02 PM	536 km	333 miles	289 nm	N
Hanoi	Mon 11:02 PM	548 km	340 miles	296 nm	N