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 Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 15:52:00 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: 99%

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 Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 15:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 39'	North
Longitude:	112° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.06 meters/second, 1512.2 km/hour, 939.7 miles/hour or 816.5 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' 30.6"	15.66 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.03 mi	south	15.66 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 40.4"	939.40 mi	west	0° 01' 51.2"	2.13 mi	south	939.50 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 36.9"	757.09 mi	east	1° 10' 56.8"	81.35 mi	south	764.31 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	Thu 11:52 PM	182 km	113 miles	98 nm	NNE
Hong Kong	Thu 11:52 PM	224 km	139 miles	121 nm	NE
Kowloon	Thu 11:52 PM	230 km	143 miles	124 nm	NE
Shenzhen	Thu 11:52 PM	258 km	160 miles	139 nm	NNE
Foshan	Thu 11:52 PM	263 km	164 miles	142 nm	N
Guangzhou	Thu 11:52 PM	276 km	172 miles	149 nm	N
Haikou	Thu 11:52 PM	280 km	174 miles	151 nm	WSW
Shantou	Thu 11:52 PM	488 km	303 miles	264 nm	NE
Nanning	Thu 11:52 PM	536 km	333 miles	289 nm	WNW
Guilin	Thu 11:52 PM	580 km	360 miles	313 nm	NNW