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 02:24:00 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: 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 02:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 08'	North
Longitude:	23° 54'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.64 meters/second, 1582.7 km/hour, 983.4 miles/hour or 854.6 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' 32.2"	16.39 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	16.39 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 20.9"	983.34 mi	west	0° 09' 07.8"	10.46 mi	south	983.68 mi
24 hours	11° 01' 34.3"	745.79 mi	east	3° 54' 38.7"	268.80 mi	south	797.32 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 5:24 AM	664 km	413 miles	359 nm	SE
Sarh	Tue 3:24 AM	687 km	427 miles	371 nm	WSW
Malakal	Tue 5:24 AM	897 km	557 miles	484 nm	ESE
Moundou	Tue 3:24 AM	943 km	586 miles	509 nm	WSW
Ndjamena	Tue 3:24 AM	963 km	598 miles	520 nm	W
Khartoum	Tue 5:24 AM	1009 km	627 miles	545 nm	ENE
Bangui	Tue 3:24 AM	1041 km	647 miles	562 nm	SW
Juba	Tue 5:24 AM	1168 km	726 miles	631 nm	SE
Kampala	Tue 5:24 AM	1620 km	1007 miles	875 nm	SE
Yaoundé	Tue 3:24 AM	1642 km	1021 miles	887 nm	WSW