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 Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 13:42:00 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: 44%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 13:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 34'	North
Longitude:	54° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.60 meters/second, 1618.5 km/hour, 1005.7 miles/hour or 873.9 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' 32.2"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.76 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 21.8"	1005.72 mi	west	0° 11' 29.5"	13.16 mi	north	1005.79 mi
24 hours	10° 55' 12.8"	755.38 mi	east	4° 29' 18.6"	308.43 mi	north	814.94 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
Victoria	Wed 5:42 PM	576 km	358 miles	311 nm	S
Mogadishu	Wed 4:42 PM	1086 km	675 miles	586 nm	W
Aden	Wed 4:42 PM	1748 km	1086 miles	944 nm	NW
Djibouti	Wed 4:42 PM	1788 km	1111 miles	966 nm	NW
Moroni	Wed 4:42 PM	1869 km	1162 miles	1009 nm	SW
Dar es Salaam	Wed 4:42 PM	1925 km	1196 miles	1040 nm	WSW
Sana	Wed 4:42 PM	2020 km	1255 miles	1091 nm	NW
Addis Ababa	Wed 4:42 PM	2027 km	1260 miles	1095 nm	WNW
Nairobi	Wed 4:42 PM	2032 km	1263 miles	1097 nm	W
Male	Wed 6:42 PM	2099 km	1304 miles	1133 nm	ENE