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, August 6, 2012 at 21:02:00 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: 77%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 3:28 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, August 6, 2012 at 21:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 30'	North
Longitude:	98° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.09 meters/second, 1602.3 km/hour, 995.6 miles/hour or 865.2 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' 33.0"	16.59 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 05.9"	995.58 mi	west	0° 10' 26.9"	11.97 mi	north	995.43 mi
24 hours	10° 46' 58.5"	737.75 mi	east	3° 56' 36.0"	271.05 mi	north	781.87 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 4:02 AM	55 km	34 miles	30 nm	S
Na Thon (Ko Samui)	Tue 4:02 AM	200 km	124 miles	108 nm	NE
Hat Yai	Tue 4:02 AM	277 km	172 miles	150 nm	SE
George Town	Tue 5:02 AM	399 km	248 miles	216 nm	SSE
Banda Aceh	Tue 4:02 AM	474 km	295 miles	256 nm	SW
Ipoh	Tue 5:02 AM	522 km	324 miles	282 nm	SE
Medan	Tue 4:02 AM	544 km	338 miles	294 nm	S
Pattaya	Tue 4:02 AM	558 km	347 miles	301 nm	NNE
Sihanoukville	Tue 4:02 AM	605 km	376 miles	327 nm	ENE
Pematangsiantar	Tue 4:02 AM	613 km	381 miles	331 nm	S