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 Monday, December 10, 2012 at 08:34:00 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: 13%

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 Monday, December 10, 2012 at 08:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 21'	South
Longitude:	5° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.28 meters/second, 1549.0 km/hour, 962.5 miles/hour or 836.4 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' 25.4"	16.04 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	16.04 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 28.3"	962.29 mi	west	0° 09' 05.8"	10.43 mi	south	962.00 mi
24 hours	14° 13' 50.8"	949.37 mi	east	3° 09' 30.6"	217.21 mi	south	966.41 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
Lubango	Mon 9:34 AM	878 km	546 miles	474 nm	E
Luanda	Mon 9:34 AM	1121 km	697 miles	606 nm	NE
Jamestown	Mon 8:34 AM	1186 km	737 miles	641 nm	W
Windhoek *	Mon 10:34 AM	1474 km	916 miles	796 nm	SE
Kinshasa	Mon 9:34 AM	1637 km	1017 miles	884 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Mon 9:34 AM	1640 km	1019 miles	886 nm	NE
São Tomé	Mon 8:34 AM	1742 km	1082 miles	940 nm	N
Libreville	Mon 9:34 AM	1799 km	1118 miles	971 nm	NNE
Malabo	Mon 9:34 AM	2146 km	1334 miles	1159 nm	N
Yaoundé	Mon 9:34 AM	2230 km	1386 miles	1204 nm	NNE