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 18:24:00 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: 72%

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 18:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 48'	North
Longitude:	16° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.54 meters/second, 1618.3 km/hour, 1005.6 miles/hour or 873.8 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' 14.4"	1005.58 mi	west	0° 11' 02.5"	12.65 mi	north	1005.58 mi
24 hours	10° 39' 49.3"	736.79 mi	east	4° 17' 37.2"	295.05 mi	north	791.79 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
Berbérati	Thu 7:24 PM	181 km	113 miles	98 nm	NNW
Impfondo	Thu 7:24 PM	215 km	134 miles	116 nm	SE
Bimbo	Thu 7:24 PM	264 km	164 miles	142 nm	NE
Bangui	Thu 7:24 PM	285 km	177 miles	154 nm	NE
Bambari	Thu 7:24 PM	565 km	351 miles	305 nm	NE
Yaoundé	Thu 7:24 PM	569 km	353 miles	307 nm	WNW
Ebebiyín	Thu 7:24 PM	582 km	362 miles	314 nm	W
Franceville	Thu 7:24 PM	589 km	366 miles	318 nm	SSW
Moundou	Thu 7:24 PM	640 km	398 miles	346 nm	N
Sarh	Thu 7:24 PM	732 km	455 miles	395 nm	NNE