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 Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 17:18:00 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: 45%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 17:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 15'	North
Longitude:	2° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.58 meters/second, 1618.5 km/hour, 1005.7 miles/hour or 873.9 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' 32.4"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.76 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 29.3"	1005.67 mi	west	0° 11' 25.3"	13.08 mi	north	1005.72 mi
24 hours	10° 53' 07.3"	752.82 mi	east	4° 26' 57.6"	305.74 mi	north	811.25 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
São Tomé	Wed 5:18 PM	467 km	290 miles	252 nm	ESE
Lome	Wed 5:18 PM	562 km	349 miles	303 nm	NNW
Cotonou	Wed 6:18 PM	566 km	352 miles	306 nm	N
Accra	Wed 5:18 PM	570 km	354 miles	308 nm	NNW
Porto Novo	Wed 6:18 PM	580 km	361 miles	313 nm	N
Lagos	Wed 6:18 PM	581 km	361 miles	313 nm	N
Port Harcourt	Wed 6:18 PM	625 km	388 miles	338 nm	NE
Benin City	Wed 6:18 PM	653 km	406 miles	353 nm	NNE
Ibadan	Wed 6:18 PM	691 km	429 miles	373 nm	NNE
Port-Gentil	Wed 6:18 PM	719 km	447 miles	388 nm	ESE