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, September 9, 2012 at 23:36:00 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: 37%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 23:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 31'	North
Longitude:	109° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.23 meters/second, 1512.8 km/hour, 940.0 miles/hour or 816.9 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' 30.2"	15.67 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	south	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 15.6"	939.77 mi	west	0° 03' 01.4"	3.47 mi	south	939.93 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 55.3"	771.02 mi	east	1° 40' 13.5"	114.91 mi	south	783.57 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
Haikou	Mon 7:36 AM	67 km	42 miles	36 nm	SE
Nanning	Mon 7:36 AM	305 km	190 miles	165 nm	NNW
Hai Phong	Mon 6:36 AM	342 km	213 miles	185 nm	W
Macau	Mon 7:36 AM	417 km	259 miles	225 nm	ENE
Foshan	Mon 7:36 AM	430 km	267 miles	232 nm	NE
Hanoi	Mon 6:36 AM	430 km	267 miles	232 nm	W
Guangzhou	Mon 7:36 AM	448 km	279 miles	242 nm	NE
Hong Kong	Mon 7:36 AM	482 km	299 miles	260 nm	ENE
Kowloon	Mon 7:36 AM	489 km	304 miles	264 nm	ENE
Shenzhen	Mon 7:36 AM	501 km	311 miles	271 nm	ENE