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, July 10, 2012 at 03:02:00 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: 59%
Position of the Moon
On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 03:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 6° 60' | North |
| Longitude: | 31° 05' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.89 meters/second, 1608.8 km/hour, 999.7 miles/hour or 868.7 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' 33.4" | 16.66 mi | west | 0° 00' 10.7" | 0.21 mi | north | 16.66 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 33' 31.8" | 999.62 mi | west | 0° 10' 44.7" | 12.31 mi | north | 999.51 mi |
| 24 hours | 10° 35' 53.3" | 727.70 mi | east | 4° 05' 43.8" | 281.48 mi | north | 776.69 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 |
|---|
| Juba | Tue 6:02 AM | 244 km | 152 miles | 132 nm | SSE |
| Malakal | Tue 6:02 AM | 287 km | 178 miles | 155 nm | NNE |
| Wau | Tue 6:02 AM | 349 km | 217 miles | 189 nm | WNW |
| Gulu | Tue 6:02 AM | 486 km | 302 miles | 262 nm | SSE |
| Lira | Tue 6:02 AM | 563 km | 350 miles | 304 nm | SSE |
| Kampala | Tue 6:02 AM | 757 km | 471 miles | 409 nm | SSE |
| Addis Ababa | Tue 6:02 AM | 875 km | 544 miles | 472 nm | ENE |
| Adama | Tue 6:02 AM | 920 km | 572 miles | 497 nm | ENE |
| Khartoum | Tue 6:02 AM | 965 km | 600 miles | 521 nm | N |
| Kisangani | Tue 4:02 AM | 969 km | 602 miles | 523 nm | SW |
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