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, May 17, 2012 at 07:42:00 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: 12%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 07:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 18'	North
Longitude:	22° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.19 meters/second, 1595.5 km/hour, 991.4 miles/hour or 861.5 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' 33.9"	16.52 mi	west	0° 00' 09.8"	0.19 mi	north	16.52 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 53.5"	991.30 mi	west	0° 09' 46.4"	11.20 mi	north	991.10 mi
24 hours	10° 33' 36.1"	718.76 mi	east	3° 40' 49.2"	253.00 mi	north	757.56 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
Sarh	Thu 8:42 AM	514 km	319 miles	278 nm	WSW
Bambari	Thu 8:42 AM	560 km	348 miles	303 nm	SSW
Wau	Thu 10:42 AM	628 km	390 miles	339 nm	ESE
Moundou	Thu 8:42 AM	777 km	483 miles	419 nm	WSW
Bangui	Thu 8:42 AM	815 km	506 miles	440 nm	SW
Bimbo	Thu 8:42 AM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	SW
Ndjamena	Thu 8:42 AM	882 km	548 miles	476 nm	WNW
Malakal	Thu 10:42 AM	963 km	598 miles	520 nm	E
Juba	Thu 10:42 AM	1131 km	703 miles	611 nm	ESE
Khartoum	Thu 10:42 AM	1196 km	743 miles	646 nm	ENE