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 Friday, December 28, 2012 at 16:22:00 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 Friday, December 28, 2012 at 16:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||19° 26' ||North|
|Longitude: ||117° 23' ||East|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.43 meters/second, 1524.4 km/hour, 947.2 miles/hour or 823.1 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' 30.8"||15.79 mi||west||0° 00' 04.1"||0.08 mi||south||15.79 mi|
|1 hour||14° 30' 55.3"||946.97 mi||west||0° 04' 10.7"||4.79 mi||south||947.19 mi|
|24 hours||11° 32' 49.5"||753.41 mi||east||2° 04' 51.2"||143.13 mi||south||771.43 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Shantou||Sat 12:22 AM||441 km||274 miles||238 nm|| N|
|Kowloon||Sat 12:22 AM||457 km||284 miles||247 nm|| NW|
|Hong Kong||Sat 12:22 AM||461 km||286 miles||249 nm|| NW|
|Baguio City||Sat 12:22 AM||477 km||297 miles||258 nm|| SE|
|Shenzhen||Sat 12:22 AM||485 km||301 miles||262 nm|| NW|
|Macau||Sat 12:22 AM||503 km||313 miles||272 nm|| NW|
|Kaohsiung||Sat 12:22 AM||512 km||318 miles||276 nm|| NE|
|Tarlac City||Sat 12:22 AM||554 km||344 miles||299 nm|| SE|
|Xiamen||Sat 12:22 AM||561 km||348 miles||303 nm|| N|
|Mabalacat||Sat 12:22 AM||578 km||359 miles||312 nm|| SE|
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