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 08:48:00 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 08:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 52'	North
Longitude:	23° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.38 meters/second, 1603.4 km/hour, 996.3 miles/hour or 865.8 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	16.61 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 19.7"	996.22 mi	west	0° 11' 42.3"	13.41 mi	south	996.52 mi
24 hours	11° 56' 13.2"	819.83 mi	east	4° 52' 00.8"	334.44 mi	south	888.38 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
Bambari	Fri 9:48 AM	379 km	235 miles	205 nm	WSW
Wau	Fri 11:48 AM	460 km	286 miles	248 nm	ENE
Bangui	Fri 9:48 AM	655 km	407 miles	354 nm	WSW
Sarh	Fri 9:48 AM	659 km	409 miles	356 nm	WNW
Bimbo	Fri 9:48 AM	676 km	420 miles	365 nm	WSW
Kisangani	Fri 9:48 AM	717 km	446 miles	387 nm	SSE
Juba	Fri 11:48 AM	880 km	547 miles	475 nm	ESE
Moundou	Fri 9:48 AM	885 km	550 miles	478 nm	WNW
Malakal	Fri 11:48 AM	903 km	561 miles	488 nm	ENE
Berbérati	Fri 9:48 AM	945 km	587 miles	510 nm	WSW