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, August 13, 2012 at 07:10:00 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: 19%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Friday, August 17, 2012 at 3:55 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, August 13, 2012 at 07:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 06'	North
Longitude:	19° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.45 meters/second, 1506.4 km/hour, 936.0 miles/hour or 813.4 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' 29.8"	15.60 mi	west	0° 00' 02.1"	0.04 mi	south	15.60 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 54.5"	935.78 mi	west	0° 02' 16.9"	2.62 mi	south	935.90 mi
24 hours	12° 03' 13.1"	778.07 mi	east	1° 23' 34.3"	95.83 mi	south	787.47 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
Kufra	Mon 9:10 AM	527 km	328 miles	285 nm	NE
Ndjamena	Mon 8:10 AM	1097 km	682 miles	592 nm	SSW
Tripoli	Mon 9:10 AM	1444 km	897 miles	780 nm	NNW
Khartoum	Mon 10:10 AM	1515 km	942 miles	818 nm	ESE
Kano	Mon 8:10 AM	1536 km	954 miles	829 nm	SW
Alexandria	Mon 9:10 AM	1537 km	955 miles	830 nm	NE
Cairo	Mon 9:10 AM	1547 km	961 miles	835 nm	NE
Valletta *	Mon 9:10 AM	1708 km	1061 miles	922 nm	NNW
Bangui	Mon 8:10 AM	1854 km	1152 miles	1001 nm	S
Abuja	Mon 8:10 AM	1859 km	1155 miles	1004 nm	SW