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 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 21:54:00 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: 100%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 4:10 AM
This phase	Full Moon	Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 5:04 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 21:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 52'	North
Longitude:	33° 18'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.03 meters/second, 1584.1 km/hour, 984.3 miles/hour or 855.4 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' 29.1"	16.41 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	south	16.41 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 13.7"	984.22 mi	west	0° 11' 42.2"	13.41 mi	south	984.63 mi
24 hours	12° 15' 03.5"	832.32 mi	east	4° 57' 14.6"	340.48 mi	south	904.67 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
Malakal	Wed 12:54 AM	232 km	144 miles	125 nm	SW
Khartoum	Wed 12:54 AM	531 km	330 miles	287 nm	N
Teseney	Wed 12:54 AM	594 km	369 miles	321 nm	NE
Kassala	Wed 12:54 AM	609 km	378 miles	329 nm	NNE
Addis Ababa	Wed 12:54 AM	632 km	393 miles	341 nm	ESE
Wau	Wed 12:54 AM	680 km	423 miles	367 nm	WSW
Juba	Wed 12:54 AM	691 km	429 miles	373 nm	SSW
Adama	Wed 12:54 AM	704 km	437 miles	380 nm	ESE
Mek'ele	Wed 12:54 AM	732 km	455 miles	395 nm	ENE
Keren	Wed 12:54 AM	779 km	484 miles	421 nm	NE