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 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: 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 17:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 43'	North
Longitude:	12° 04'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.73 meters/second, 1611.8 km/hour, 1001.5 miles/hour or 870.3 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"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 10.6"	0.21 mi	north	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 01.4"	1001.52 mi	west	0° 10' 43.6"	12.29 mi	north	1001.44 mi
24 hours	10° 45' 51.2"	740.93 mi	east	4° 06' 08.10"	281.95 mi	north	789.69 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
Bamenda	Thu 6:24 PM	214 km	133 miles	116 nm	W
Yaoundé	Thu 6:24 PM	216 km	134 miles	117 nm	SSW
Douala	Thu 6:24 PM	321 km	200 miles	174 nm	SW
Ebebiyín	Thu 6:24 PM	403 km	250 miles	218 nm	SSW
Garoua	Thu 6:24 PM	422 km	262 miles	228 nm	NNE
Malabo	Thu 6:24 PM	423 km	263 miles	228 nm	WSW
Berbérati	Thu 6:24 PM	443 km	275 miles	239 nm	ESE
Uyo	Thu 6:24 PM	465 km	289 miles	251 nm	W
Bata	Thu 6:24 PM	497 km	309 miles	269 nm	SSW
Enugu	Thu 6:24 PM	511 km	318 miles	276 nm	W