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 Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 02:10:00 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: 59%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7:50 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 12:36 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 02:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 39'	North
Longitude:	45° 60'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.78 meters/second, 1565.2 km/hour, 972.6 miles/hour or 845.2 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' 31.7"	16.21 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	south	16.21 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 46.4"	972.45 mi	west	0° 08' 03.1"	9.23 mi	south	972.79 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 39.1"	753.73 mi	east	3° 32' 41.4"	243.70 mi	south	797.45 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
Sana	Tue 5:10 AM	206 km	128 miles	111 nm	WNW
Aden	Tue 5:10 AM	228 km	142 miles	123 nm	SSW
Djibouti	Tue 5:10 AM	459 km	285 miles	248 nm	SW
Tadjoura	Tue 5:10 AM	463 km	288 miles	250 nm	SW
Bosaso	Tue 5:10 AM	508 km	316 miles	275 nm	SE
Ali Sabieh	Tue 5:10 AM	526 km	327 miles	284 nm	SW
Hargeisa	Tue 5:10 AM	601 km	373 miles	325 nm	SSW
Mek'ele	Tue 5:10 AM	716 km	445 miles	386 nm	W
Dire Dawa	Tue 5:10 AM	718 km	446 miles	388 nm	SW
Asmara	Tue 5:10 AM	763 km	474 miles	412 nm	W