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, July 9, 2012 at 22:28:00 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: 61%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 6:52 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 1:48 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, July 9, 2012 at 22:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 10'	North
Longitude:	97° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.62 meters/second, 1611.4 km/hour, 1001.3 miles/hour or 870.1 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' 33.4"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	north	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 30.2"	1001.26 mi	west	0° 10' 55.2"	12.51 mi	north	1001.16 mi
24 hours	10° 35' 32.7"	728.51 mi	east	4° 10' 38.4"	287.10 mi	north	779.77 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
Phuket	Tue 5:28 AM	226 km	140 miles	122 nm	NNE
Banda Aceh	Tue 5:28 AM	257 km	160 miles	139 nm	WSW
Medan	Tue 5:28 AM	311 km	193 miles	168 nm	SSE
George Town	Tue 6:28 AM	318 km	197 miles	172 nm	ESE
Hat Yai	Tue 5:28 AM	334 km	208 miles	181 nm	ENE
Pematangsiantar	Tue 5:28 AM	388 km	241 miles	209 nm	SSE
Ipoh	Tue 6:28 AM	430 km	267 miles	232 nm	ESE
Kuala Lumpur	Tue 6:28 AM	569 km	353 miles	307 nm	SE
Seremban	Tue 6:28 AM	616 km	383 miles	332 nm	SE
Johor Bahru	Tue 6:28 AM	864 km	537 miles	466 nm	SE