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 Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 17:24:00 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: 87%

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 Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 17:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 53'	North
Longitude:	52° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.99 meters/second, 1591.2 km/hour, 988.7 miles/hour or 859.2 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' 33.0"	16.48 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.48 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 08.4"	988.61 mi	west	0° 09' 18.10"	10.67 mi	north	988.41 mi
24 hours	10° 50' 03.8"	736.06 mi	east	3° 28' 13.6"	238.58 mi	north	769.26 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
Bosaso	Sat 8:24 PM	358 km	222 miles	193 nm	W
Salalah	Sat 9:24 PM	702 km	436 miles	379 nm	NNE
Aden	Sat 8:24 PM	838 km	521 miles	452 nm	WNW
Hargeisa	Sat 8:24 PM	928 km	576 miles	501 nm	W
Djibouti	Sat 8:24 PM	1017 km	632 miles	549 nm	W
Sana	Sat 8:24 PM	1019 km	633 miles	550 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Sat 8:24 PM	1252 km	778 miles	676 nm	SW
Addis Ababa	Sat 8:24 PM	1513 km	940 miles	817 nm	W
Abu Dhabi	Sat 9:24 PM	1517 km	942 miles	819 nm	N
Asmara	Sat 8:24 PM	1543 km	959 miles	833 nm	WNW