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 08:08:00 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: 32%

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 08:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 41'	South
Longitude:	14° 13'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.25 meters/second, 1602.9 km/hour, 996.0 miles/hour or 865.5 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"	16.60 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	south	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 41.7"	995.89 mi	west	0° 11' 44.2"	13.44 mi	south	995.78 mi
24 hours	12° 28' 47.4"	857.45 mi	east	4° 33' 14.2"	312.99 mi	south	908.19 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
Jamestown	Sat 8:08 AM	1380 km	858 miles	745 nm	SE
Monrovia	Sat 8:08 AM	1487 km	924 miles	803 nm	NNE
Freetown	Sat 8:08 AM	1681 km	1044 miles	908 nm	N
Abidjan	Sat 8:08 AM	1745 km	1084 miles	942 nm	NE
Conakry	Sat 8:08 AM	1791 km	1113 miles	967 nm	N
Yamoussoukro	Sat 8:08 AM	1793 km	1114 miles	968 nm	NNE
Bissau	Sat 8:08 AM	2056 km	1278 miles	1110 nm	N
Accra	Sat 8:08 AM	2062 km	1281 miles	1114 nm	NE
Lome	Sat 8:08 AM	2225 km	1382 miles	1201 nm	NE
Banjul	Sat 8:08 AM	2241 km	1393 miles	1210 nm	N