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 08:18:00 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

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 08:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 58'	North
Longitude:	31° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.29 meters/second, 1603.1 km/hour, 996.1 miles/hour or 865.6 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' 30.2"	16.60 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	south	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 20.1"	996.02 mi	west	0° 11' 40.9"	13.38 mi	south	996.32 mi
24 hours	11° 56' 01.2"	819.43 mi	east	4° 51' 34.4"	333.94 mi	south	887.88 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 11:18 AM	239 km	149 miles	129 nm	SSE
Malakal	Fri 11:18 AM	288 km	179 miles	156 nm	N
Wau	Fri 11:18 AM	359 km	223 miles	194 nm	WNW
Gulu	Fri 11:18 AM	480 km	299 miles	259 nm	SSE
Lira	Fri 11:18 AM	557 km	346 miles	301 nm	SSE
Kampala	Fri 11:18 AM	752 km	468 miles	406 nm	SSE
Addis Ababa	Fri 11:18 AM	867 km	538 miles	468 nm	ENE
Adama	Fri 11:18 AM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	ENE
Khartoum	Fri 11:18 AM	967 km	601 miles	522 nm	N
Nakuru	Fri 11:18 AM	972 km	604 miles	525 nm	SE