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 06:36:00 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 06:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 23'	South
Longitude:	8° 00'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.57 meters/second, 1604.0 km/hour, 996.7 miles/hour or 866.1 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' 29.7"	16.61 mi	west	0° 00' 11.7"	0.22 mi	south	16.61 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 48.2"	996.61 mi	west	0° 11' 46.0"	13.48 mi	south	996.51 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 50.7"	854.59 mi	east	4° 34' 30.7"	314.45 mi	south	906.17 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
Pointe-Noire	Sat 7:36 AM	463 km	288 miles	250 nm	ENE
Cabinda	Sat 7:36 AM	472 km	293 miles	255 nm	E
Dolisie	Sat 7:36 AM	571 km	355 miles	308 nm	ENE
Port-Gentil	Sat 7:36 AM	630 km	392 miles	340 nm	N
Luanda	Sat 7:36 AM	637 km	396 miles	344 nm	ESE
São Tomé	Sat 6:36 AM	756 km	470 miles	408 nm	N
Libreville	Sat 7:36 AM	766 km	476 miles	414 nm	NNE
Franceville	Sat 7:36 AM	812 km	504 miles	438 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Sat 7:36 AM	840 km	522 miles	453 nm	ENE
Kinshasa	Sat 7:36 AM	841 km	522 miles	454 nm	ENE