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, December 6, 2012 at 03:42:00 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: 55%

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 Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 03:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 37'	North
Longitude:	27° 05'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.64 meters/second, 1615.1 km/hour, 1003.6 miles/hour or 872.1 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' 32.2"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	south	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 09.3"	1003.54 mi	west	0° 11' 23.3"	13.04 mi	south	1003.72 mi
24 hours	11° 16' 28.0"	778.37 mi	east	4° 39' 47.9"	320.43 mi	south	842.80 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
Kisangani	Thu 4:42 AM	401 km	249 miles	217 nm	SSW
Wau	Thu 6:42 AM	463 km	288 miles	250 nm	NNE
Juba	Thu 6:42 AM	520 km	323 miles	281 nm	ENE
Gitarama	Thu 5:42 AM	696 km	433 miles	376 nm	SSE
Kigali	Thu 5:42 AM	699 km	434 miles	377 nm	SSE
Kampala	Thu 6:42 AM	712 km	443 miles	385 nm	ESE
Butare	Thu 5:42 AM	748 km	465 miles	404 nm	SSE
Muyinga	Thu 5:42 AM	801 km	498 miles	432 nm	SSE
Bujumbura	Thu 5:42 AM	812 km	504 miles	438 nm	SSE
Malakal	Thu 6:42 AM	828 km	514 miles	447 nm	NE