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, November 23, 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: 79%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, November 23, 2012 at 16:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 6° 45' | North |
| Longitude: | 56° 18' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.05 meters/second, 1609.4 km/hour, 1000.0 miles/hour or 869.0 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' 33.3" | 16.67 mi | west | 0° 00' 10.3" | 0.20 mi | north | 16.67 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 33' 22.7" | 999.98 mi | west | 0° 10' 24.4" | 11.92 mi | north | 999.87 mi |
| 24 hours | 10° 40' 44.5" | 733.64 mi | east | 3° 58' 31.0" | 273.21 mi | north | 779.49 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 |
|---|
| Bosaso | Fri 7:24 PM | 930 km | 578 miles | 502 nm |  WNW |
| Victoria | Fri 8:24 PM | 1260 km | 783 miles | 681 nm |  S |
| Mogadishu | Fri 7:24 PM | 1323 km | 822 miles | 714 nm |  WSW |
| Aden | Fri 7:24 PM | 1410 km | 876 miles | 762 nm | WNW |
| Djibouti | Fri 7:24 PM | 1541 km | 958 miles | 832 nm | WNW |
| Sana | Fri 7:24 PM | 1627 km | 1011 miles | 879 nm |  NW |
| Muscat | Fri 8:24 PM | 1881 km | 1169 miles | 1016 nm |  N |
| Male | Fri 9:24 PM | 1928 km | 1198 miles | 1041 nm |  E |
| Addis Ababa | Fri 7:24 PM | 1951 km | 1212 miles | 1054 nm |  W |
| Abu Dhabi | Fri 8:24 PM | 1970 km | 1224 miles | 1064 nm | N |
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