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, December 7, 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: 45%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 7, 2012 at 03:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 03'	South
Longitude:	38° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.04 meters/second, 1616.6 km/hour, 1004.5 miles/hour or 872.9 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' 31.3"	16.74 mi	west	0° 00' 11.8"	0.23 mi	south	16.74 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 21.1"	1004.43 mi	west	0° 11' 52.2"	13.59 mi	south	1004.49 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 58.7"	809.19 mi	east	4° 45' 27.0"	326.91 mi	south	871.30 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
Nairobi	Fri 6:42 AM	173 km	108 miles	93 nm	W
Nakuru	Fri 6:42 AM	267 km	166 miles	144 nm	WNW
Arusha	Fri 6:42 AM	318 km	198 miles	172 nm	SW
Mombasa	Fri 6:42 AM	363 km	225 miles	196 nm	SSE
Zanzibar City	Fri 6:42 AM	573 km	356 miles	309 nm	S
Dodoma	Fri 6:42 AM	639 km	397 miles	345 nm	SSW
Dar es Salaam	Fri 6:42 AM	646 km	401 miles	349 nm	S
Kampala	Fri 6:42 AM	660 km	410 miles	356 nm	WNW
Entebbe	Fri 6:42 AM	667 km	415 miles	360 nm	W
Mogadishu	Fri 6:42 AM	849 km	528 miles	458 nm	ENE