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, December 5, 2012 at 02:08:00 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: 66%

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 Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 02:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 16'	North
Longitude:	38° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.04 meters/second, 1602.1 km/hour, 995.5 miles/hour or 865.1 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' 32.4"	16.59 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	south	16.59 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 27.9"	995.46 mi	west	0° 10' 24.5"	11.92 mi	south	995.75 mi
24 hours	11° 03' 05.1"	756.58 mi	east	4° 21' 18.0"	299.28 mi	south	816.81 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
Adama	Wed 5:08 AM	60 km	37 miles	33 nm	ENE
Addis Ababa	Wed 5:08 AM	84 km	52 miles	45 nm	N
Dire Dawa	Wed 5:08 AM	367 km	228 miles	198 nm	ENE
Ali Sabieh	Wed 5:08 AM	535 km	332 miles	289 nm	NE
Mek'ele	Wed 5:08 AM	584 km	363 miles	315 nm	N
Tadjoura	Wed 5:08 AM	593 km	369 miles	320 nm	NE
Hargeisa	Wed 5:08 AM	596 km	371 miles	322 nm	ENE
Djibouti	Wed 5:08 AM	602 km	374 miles	325 nm	NE
Asmara	Wed 5:08 AM	783 km	486 miles	423 nm	N
Teseney	Wed 5:08 AM	793 km	493 miles	428 nm	NNW