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 Friday, August 17, 2012 at 08:18:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

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 Friday, August 17, 2012 at 08:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 51'	North
Longitude:	50° 47'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.12 meters/second, 1591.6 km/hour, 989.0 miles/hour or 859.4 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' 30.6"	16.48 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	south	16.48 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 33.3"	988.90 mi	west	0° 10' 57.0"	12.54 mi	south	989.25 mi
24 hours	11° 45' 44.5"	801.70 mi	east	4° 36' 58.8"	317.26 mi	south	866.58 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
Bosaso	Fri 11:18 AM	237 km	147 miles	128 nm	NW
Aden	Fri 11:18 AM	713 km	443 miles	385 nm	WNW
Hargeisa	Fri 11:18 AM	739 km	459 miles	399 nm	W
Djibouti	Fri 11:18 AM	858 km	533 miles	463 nm	WNW
Salalah	Fri 12:18 PM	869 km	540 miles	469 nm	NNE
Tadjoura	Fri 11:18 AM	891 km	554 miles	481 nm	WNW
Ali Sabieh	Fri 11:18 AM	897 km	557 miles	484 nm	W
Sana	Fri 11:18 AM	939 km	583 miles	507 nm	NW
Dire Dawa	Fri 11:18 AM	980 km	609 miles	529 nm	W
Mogadishu	Fri 11:18 AM	1054 km	655 miles	569 nm	SW