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 Friday, December 21, 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: 65%

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 Friday, December 21, 2012 at 17:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 49'	North
Longitude:	22° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.44 meters/second, 1596.4 km/hour, 991.9 miles/hour or 862.0 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' 33.1"	16.53 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	north	16.53 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 05.2"	991.87 mi	west	0° 09' 41.2"	11.10 mi	north	991.68 mi
24 hours	10° 48' 42.9"	736.99 mi	east	3° 37' 29.4"	249.18 mi	north	773.69 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
Sarh	Fri 6:24 PM	494 km	307 miles	267 nm	W
Bambari	Fri 6:24 PM	508 km	316 miles	275 nm	SSW
Wau	Fri 8:24 PM	615 km	382 miles	332 nm	ESE
Moundou	Fri 6:24 PM	756 km	470 miles	408 nm	W
Bangui	Fri 6:24 PM	766 km	476 miles	414 nm	SW
Bimbo	Fri 6:24 PM	787 km	489 miles	425 nm	SW
Ndjamena	Fri 6:24 PM	887 km	551 miles	479 nm	WNW
Malakal	Fri 8:24 PM	970 km	603 miles	524 nm	E
Berbérati	Fri 6:24 PM	992 km	616 miles	536 nm	SW
Juba	Fri 8:24 PM	1113 km	691 miles	601 nm	ESE