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 Friday, December 21, 2012 at 17:36:00 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: 65%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 21, 2012 at 17:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 51'	North
Longitude:	19° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.39 meters/second, 1596.2 km/hour, 991.8 miles/hour or 861.9 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' 33.1"	16.53 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	north	16.53 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 05.1"	991.77 mi	west	0° 09' 40.5"	11.08 mi	north	991.59 mi
24 hours	10° 48' 46.3"	736.99 mi	east	3° 37' 13.2"	248.87 mi	north	773.58 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
Sarh	Fri 6:36 PM	186 km	116 miles	100 nm	WSW
Moundou	Fri 6:36 PM	447 km	277 miles	241 nm	WSW
Bambari	Fri 6:36 PM	460 km	286 miles	249 nm	S
Ndjamena	Fri 6:36 PM	587 km	365 miles	317 nm	WNW
Bangui	Fri 6:36 PM	626 km	389 miles	338 nm	SSW
Bimbo	Fri 6:36 PM	642 km	399 miles	347 nm	SSW
Berbérati	Fri 6:36 PM	769 km	478 miles	415 nm	SW
Wau	Fri 8:36 PM	919 km	571 miles	496 nm	ESE
Yaoundé	Fri 6:36 PM	1142 km	709 miles	616 nm	SW
Kano	Fri 6:36 PM	1269 km	789 miles	685 nm	WNW