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 17:34:00 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 17:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 45'	North
Longitude:	9° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.71 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' 32.9"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 10.6"	0.21 mi	north	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 01.5"	1001.47 mi	west	0° 10' 43.4"	12.28 mi	north	1001.39 mi
24 hours	10° 45' 50.5"	740.87 mi	east	4° 05' 58.7"	281.75 mi	north	789.56 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 6:34 PM	60 km	38 miles	33 nm	ENE
Douala	Thu 6:34 PM	189 km	118 miles	102 nm	S
Uyo	Thu 6:34 PM	206 km	128 miles	111 nm	WSW
Malabo	Thu 6:34 PM	240 km	149 miles	130 nm	SSW
Enugu	Thu 6:34 PM	249 km	154 miles	134 nm	WNW
Yaoundé	Thu 6:34 PM	296 km	184 miles	160 nm	SE
Port Harcourt	Thu 6:34 PM	310 km	193 miles	167 nm	WSW
Bata	Thu 6:34 PM	430 km	267 miles	232 nm	S
Ebebiyín	Thu 6:34 PM	440 km	273 miles	237 nm	SSE
Benin City	Thu 6:34 PM	449 km	279 miles	243 nm	W