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 Monday, December 12, 2011 at 01:28:00 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: 98%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 12:48 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, December 12, 2011 at 01:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 18'	North
Longitude:	5° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.34 meters/second, 1502.4 km/hour, 933.6 miles/hour or 811.2 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' 28.8"	15.56 mi	west	0° 00' 04.2"	0.08 mi	south	15.56 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 46.6"	933.29 mi	west	0° 04' 14.4"	4.86 mi	south	933.53 mi
24 hours	12° 24' 50.5"	800.23 mi	east	2° 12' 26.9"	151.87 mi	south	820.19 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
El Aaiún	Mon 1:28 AM	983 km	611 miles	531 nm	NW
Bamako	Mon 1:28 AM	983 km	611 miles	531 nm	SSW
Koutiala	Mon 1:28 AM	988 km	614 miles	533 nm	S
Ouagadougou	Mon 1:28 AM	1094 km	679 miles	590 nm	SSE
Nouakchott	Mon 1:28 AM	1113 km	691 miles	601 nm	WSW
Marrakech	Mon 1:28 AM	1163 km	723 miles	628 nm	N
Niamey	Mon 2:28 AM	1212 km	753 miles	655 nm	SE
Casablanca	Mon 1:28 AM	1373 km	853 miles	741 nm	N
Fes	Mon 1:28 AM	1414 km	879 miles	763 nm	N
Rabat	Mon 1:28 AM	1414 km	879 miles	763 nm	N