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 Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 03:58:00 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: 24%

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 Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 03:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 28'	South
Longitude:	58° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.06 meters/second, 1584.2 km/hour, 984.4 miles/hour or 855.4 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' 28.1"	16.41 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	south	16.41 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 07.2"	984.23 mi	west	0° 11' 04.5"	12.69 mi	south	984.02 mi
24 hours	13° 10' 09.0"	895.85 mi	east	4° 09' 30.9"	285.88 mi	south	933.87 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
Victoria	Sun 7:58 AM	731 km	454 miles	395 nm	NNW
Port Louis	Sun 7:58 AM	1078 km	670 miles	582 nm	S
Saint-Denis	Sun 7:58 AM	1198 km	744 miles	647 nm	SSW
Antananarivo	Sun 6:58 AM	1509 km	938 miles	815 nm	SW
Diego Garcia	Sun 9:58 AM	1565 km	973 miles	845 nm	ENE
Moroni	Sun 6:58 AM	1668 km	1036 miles	901 nm	W
Mogadishu	Sun 6:58 AM	2013 km	1251 miles	1087 nm	NW
Dar es Salaam	Sun 6:58 AM	2156 km	1340 miles	1164 nm	W
Male	Sun 8:58 AM	2319 km	1441 miles	1252 nm	NE
Dodoma	Sun 6:58 AM	2555 km	1587 miles	1379 nm	W