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 08:38:00 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 08:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 48'	North
Longitude:	45° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.20 meters/second, 1591.9 km/hour, 989.2 miles/hour or 859.6 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"	16.49 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	south	16.49 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 33.4"	989.08 mi	west	0° 10' 58.1"	12.57 mi	south	989.43 mi
24 hours	11° 45' 43.6"	801.83 mi	east	4° 37' 21.7"	317.69 mi	south	866.83 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
Hargeisa	Fri 11:38 AM	209 km	130 miles	113 nm	W
Aden	Fri 11:38 AM	352 km	219 miles	190 nm	NNW
Djibouti	Fri 11:38 AM	366 km	227 miles	198 nm	WNW
Ali Sabieh	Fri 11:38 AM	386 km	240 miles	208 nm	WNW
Bosaso	Fri 11:38 AM	390 km	242 miles	210 nm	ENE
Tadjoura	Fri 11:38 AM	402 km	250 miles	217 nm	WNW
Dire Dawa	Fri 11:38 AM	450 km	279 miles	243 nm	W
Sana	Fri 11:38 AM	646 km	401 miles	349 nm	NNW
Adama	Fri 11:38 AM	747 km	464 miles	403 nm	W
Addis Ababa	Fri 11:38 AM	796 km	494 miles	430 nm	W