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 Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 16:14:00 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: 71%

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 Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 16:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 24'	North
Longitude:	48° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.66 meters/second, 1618.8 km/hour, 1005.9 miles/hour or 874.1 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' 33.1"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.77 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 12.3"	1005.86 mi	west	0° 11' 05.2"	12.70 mi	north	1005.87 mi
24 hours	10° 40' 10.6"	737.44 mi	east	4° 19' 06.4"	296.75 mi	north	793.18 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
Mogadishu	Thu 7:14 PM	305 km	190 miles	165 nm	W
Hargeisa	Thu 7:14 PM	907 km	564 miles	490 nm	NNW
Bosaso	Thu 7:14 PM	991 km	616 miles	535 nm	N
Victoria	Thu 8:14 PM	1131 km	703 miles	611 nm	SE
Djibouti	Thu 7:14 PM	1152 km	716 miles	622 nm	NNW
Aden	Thu 7:14 PM	1202 km	747 miles	649 nm	NNW
Addis Ababa	Thu 7:14 PM	1264 km	785 miles	682 nm	NW
Nairobi	Thu 7:14 PM	1316 km	817 miles	710 nm	WSW
Dar es Salaam	Thu 7:14 PM	1410 km	876 miles	761 nm	SW
Sana	Thu 7:14 PM	1494 km	928 miles	807 nm	NNW