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, December 4, 2012 at 02:14:00 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: 75%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 02:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 09'	North
Longitude:	26° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.59 meters/second, 1582.5 km/hour, 983.3 miles/hour or 854.5 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' 32.2"	16.39 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	16.39 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 20.8"	983.25 mi	west	0° 09' 07.2"	10.45 mi	south	983.58 mi
24 hours	11° 01' 35.5"	745.74 mi	east	3° 54' 25.8"	268.56 mi	south	797.20 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
Wau	Tue 5:14 AM	526 km	327 miles	284 nm	SSE
Malakal	Tue 5:14 AM	652 km	405 miles	352 nm	ESE
Khartoum	Tue 5:14 AM	772 km	480 miles	417 nm	ENE
Sarh	Tue 3:14 AM	930 km	578 miles	502 nm	WSW
Juba	Tue 5:14 AM	994 km	618 miles	537 nm	SE
Bangui	Tue 3:14 AM	1213 km	754 miles	655 nm	SW
Ndjamena	Tue 3:14 AM	1226 km	762 miles	662 nm	W
Addis Ababa	Tue 5:14 AM	1404 km	872 miles	758 nm	ESE
Asmara	Tue 5:14 AM	1409 km	875 miles	761 nm	ENE
Kampala	Tue 5:14 AM	1480 km	920 miles	799 nm	SSE