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 Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 16:24:00 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: 61%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 2:46 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 16:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 05'	South
Longitude:	34° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.42 meters/second, 1617.9 km/hour, 1005.3 miles/hour or 873.6 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' 32.4"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.76 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 33.2"	1005.33 mi	west	0° 11' 22.2"	13.02 mi	north	1005.47 mi
24 hours	10° 50' 09.1"	749.09 mi	east	4° 30' 26.7"	309.72 mi	north	810.86 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
Mwanza	Wed 7:24 PM	216 km	134 miles	117 nm	WSW
Kisumu	Wed 7:24 PM	219 km	136 miles	118 nm	N
Nairobi	Wed 7:24 PM	241 km	150 miles	130 nm	ENE
Nakuru	Wed 7:24 PM	242 km	151 miles	131 nm	NE
Arusha	Wed 7:24 PM	254 km	158 miles	137 nm	SE
Entebbe	Wed 7:24 PM	351 km	218 miles	190 nm	NW
Kampala	Wed 7:24 PM	362 km	225 miles	195 nm	NW
Dodoma	Wed 7:24 PM	465 km	289 miles	251 nm	SSE
Muyinga	Wed 6:24 PM	503 km	313 miles	272 nm	W
Lira	Wed 7:24 PM	523 km	325 miles	282 nm	NNW