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, December 20, 2012 at 16:24:00 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: 55%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 16:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 33'	North
Longitude:	26° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.86 meters/second, 1612.3 km/hour, 1001.8 miles/hour or 870.6 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' 32.9"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 10.7"	0.21 mi	north	16.70 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 00.5"	1001.82 mi	west	0° 10' 45.9"	12.33 mi	north	1001.74 mi
24 hours	10° 45' 56.2"	741.25 mi	east	4° 07' 10.7"	283.12 mi	north	790.47 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
Wau	Thu 7:24 PM	283 km	176 miles	153 nm	NNE
Juba	Thu 7:24 PM	557 km	346 miles	301 nm	E
Kisangani	Thu 5:24 PM	578 km	359 miles	312 nm	SSW
Bambari	Thu 5:24 PM	659 km	410 miles	356 nm	W
Malakal	Thu 7:24 PM	710 km	441 miles	383 nm	NE
Kampala	Thu 7:24 PM	879 km	546 miles	475 nm	SE
Bangui	Thu 5:24 PM	904 km	561 miles	488 nm	W
Gitarama	Thu 6:24 PM	912 km	567 miles	493 nm	SSE
Kigali	Thu 6:24 PM	913 km	567 miles	493 nm	SSE
Bimbo	Thu 5:24 PM	922 km	573 miles	498 nm	W