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, September 14, 2012 at 08:08:00 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: 4%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, September 14, 2012 at 08:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 00'	North
Longitude:	33° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.26 meters/second, 1602.9 km/hour, 996.0 miles/hour or 865.5 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' 30.2"	16.60 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 20.2"	995.96 mi	west	0° 11' 40.4"	13.37 mi	south	996.25 mi
24 hours	11° 55' 57.2"	819.30 mi	east	4° 51' 25.6"	333.77 mi	south	887.71 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	Fri 11:08 AM	324 km	201 miles	175 nm	SW
Malakal	Fri 11:08 AM	350 km	217 miles	189 nm	NW
Addis Ababa	Fri 11:08 AM	612 km	380 miles	330 nm	ENE
Wau	Fri 11:08 AM	622 km	386 miles	336 nm	W
Adama	Fri 11:08 AM	650 km	404 miles	351 nm	ENE
Kampala	Fri 11:08 AM	748 km	465 miles	404 nm	S
Nakuru	Fri 11:08 AM	854 km	531 miles	461 nm	SSE
Dire Dawa	Fri 11:08 AM	956 km	594 miles	516 nm	ENE
Teseney	Fri 11:08 AM	957 km	595 miles	517 nm	NNE
Khartoum	Fri 11:08 AM	958 km	595 miles	517 nm	N