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, November 22, 2012 at 16:34:00 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: 71%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 2:46 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 16:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 28'	North
Longitude:	43° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.64 meters/second, 1618.7 km/hour, 1005.8 miles/hour or 874.0 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' 33.1"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.76 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 12.5"	1005.82 mi	west	0° 11' 04.9"	12.69 mi	north	1005.83 mi
24 hours	10° 40' 07.1"	737.33 mi	east	4° 18' 52.8"	296.49 mi	north	792.96 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
Mogadishu	Thu 7:34 PM	241 km	150 miles	130 nm	E
Hargeisa	Thu 7:34 PM	791 km	492 miles	427 nm	N
Adama	Thu 7:34 PM	801 km	498 miles	433 nm	NNW
Dire Dawa	Thu 7:34 PM	803 km	499 miles	434 nm	N
Mombasa	Thu 7:34 PM	820 km	510 miles	443 nm	SSW
Nairobi	Thu 7:34 PM	823 km	511 miles	444 nm	WSW
Nakuru	Thu 7:34 PM	851 km	529 miles	459 nm	WSW
Addis Ababa	Thu 7:34 PM	877 km	545 miles	474 nm	NW
Ali Sabieh	Thu 7:34 PM	963 km	599 miles	520 nm	N
Djibouti	Thu 7:34 PM	1010 km	627 miles	545 nm	N