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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- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 12:58:00 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 100%
Position of the Moon
On Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 12:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||22° 33' ||North|
|Longitude: ||162° 35' ||East|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.79 meters/second, 1489.6 km/hour, 925.6 miles/hour or 804.3 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:
|Time||Longitude difference||Latitude difference||Total|
|1 minute||0° 14' 28.9"||15.43 mi||west||0° 00' 00.1"||0.00 mi||north||15.43 mi|
|1 hour||14° 28' 56.5"||925.30 mi||west||0° 00' 00.9"||0.02 mi||north||925.30 mi|
|24 hours||12° 29' 09.0"||797.82 mi||east||0° 31' 53.2"||36.57 mi||south||800.18 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Wake Island||Sun 12:58 AM||557 km||346 miles||301 nm|| SE|
|Palikir||Sat 11:58 PM||1794 km||1115 miles||969 nm|| SSW|
|Majuro||Sun 12:58 AM||1939 km||1205 miles||1047 nm|| SSE|
|Midway||Sat 1:58 AM||2109 km||1311 miles||1139 nm|| ENE|
|Guam (Hagåtña)||Sat 10:58 PM||2136 km||1327 miles||1153 nm|| WSW|
|Tarawa||Sun 12:58 AM||2596 km||1613 miles||1402 nm|| SSE|
|Yaren||Sun 12:58 AM||2597 km||1614 miles||1402 nm|| S|
|Yokohama||Sat 9:58 PM||2642 km||1641 miles||1426 nm|| NW|
|Tokyo||Sat 9:58 PM||2650 km||1647 miles||1431 nm|| NW|
|Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk||Sat 11:58 PM||3240 km||2013 miles||1749 nm|| NNW|
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