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 Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at 14:14:00 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: 93%

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 Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at 14:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 09'	North
Longitude:	113° 17'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.65 meters/second, 1517.9 km/hour, 943.2 miles/hour or 819.6 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' 31.1"	15.72 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	north	15.72 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 07.6"	942.95 mi	west	0° 02' 55.6"	3.36 mi	north	942.81 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 49.6"	755.45 mi	east	0° 44' 16.9"	50.77 mi	north	755.36 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
Macau	Tue 10:14 PM	228 km	142 miles	123 nm	N
Hong Kong	Tue 10:14 PM	257 km	159 miles	139 nm	NNE
Kowloon	Tue 10:14 PM	262 km	163 miles	141 nm	NNE
Shenzhen	Tue 10:14 PM	293 km	182 miles	158 nm	NNE
Haikou	Tue 10:14 PM	308 km	192 miles	166 nm	W
Foshan	Tue 10:14 PM	319 km	198 miles	172 nm	N
Guangzhou	Tue 10:14 PM	330 km	205 miles	178 nm	N
Shantou	Tue 10:14 PM	499 km	310 miles	269 nm	NE
Nanning	Tue 10:14 PM	594 km	369 miles	321 nm	WNW
Guilin	Tue 10:14 PM	646 km	401 miles	349 nm	NNW