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 Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 11:44:00 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: 72%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 11:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 39'	North
Longitude:	116° 05'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.05 meters/second, 1580.6 km/hour, 982.1 miles/hour or 853.4 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' 32.9"	16.37 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	16.37 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 53.2"	982.00 mi	west	0° 08' 40.7"	9.94 mi	north	981.78 mi
24 hours	10° 56' 02.3"	738.09 mi	east	3° 10' 42.8"	218.54 mi	north	765.00 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
Olongapo	Sat 7:44 PM	515 km	320 miles	278 nm	ENE
Angeles	Sat 7:44 PM	560 km	348 miles	302 nm	ENE
Mabalacat	Sat 7:44 PM	563 km	350 miles	304 nm	ENE
Makati	Sat 7:44 PM	575 km	357 miles	311 nm	ENE
Manila	Sat 7:44 PM	575 km	358 miles	311 nm	ENE
Tarlac City	Sat 7:44 PM	580 km	360 miles	313 nm	ENE
Quezon	Sat 7:44 PM	585 km	363 miles	316 nm	ENE
Baguio City	Sat 7:44 PM	641 km	399 miles	346 nm	NE
Bacolod	Sat 7:44 PM	782 km	486 miles	422 nm	ESE
Bandar Seri Begawan	Sat 7:44 PM	861 km	535 miles	465 nm	S