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 Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 06:16:00 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: 33%

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 Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 06:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 19'	South
Longitude:	12° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.64 meters/second, 1604.3 km/hour, 996.9 miles/hour or 866.2 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' 29.8"	16.61 mi	west	0° 00' 11.7"	0.22 mi	south	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 49.6"	996.77 mi	west	0° 11' 46.4"	13.48 mi	south	996.67 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 12.6"	853.97 mi	east	4° 34' 46.7"	314.75 mi	south	905.74 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
Cabinda	Sat 7:16 AM	111 km	69 miles	60 nm	NW
Pointe-Noire	Sat 7:16 AM	200 km	125 miles	108 nm	NNW
Dolisie	Sat 7:16 AM	234 km	145 miles	126 nm	N
Luanda	Sat 7:16 AM	282 km	175 miles	152 nm	S
Kinshasa	Sat 7:16 AM	351 km	218 miles	190 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Sat 7:16 AM	353 km	219 miles	191 nm	NE
Franceville	Sat 7:16 AM	524 km	326 miles	283 nm	N
Port-Gentil	Sat 7:16 AM	764 km	475 miles	413 nm	NW
Huambo	Sat 7:16 AM	782 km	486 miles	422 nm	SSE
Libreville	Sat 7:16 AM	832 km	517 miles	449 nm	NNW