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 24, 2012 at 22:40:00 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: 90%

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 Monday, December 24, 2012 at 22:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 12'	North
Longitude:	20° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.33 meters/second, 1527.6 km/hour, 949.2 miles/hour or 824.8 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' 31.5"	15.82 mi	west	0° 00' 04.3"	0.08 mi	north	15.82 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 29.0"	948.96 mi	west	0° 04' 19.2"	4.95 mi	north	948.77 mi
24 hours	11° 30' 42.5"	752.20 mi	east	1° 18' 59.9"	90.57 mi	north	754.58 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
Santa Maria	Mon 9:40 PM	373 km	232 miles	202 nm	SW
Nouadhibou	Mon 10:40 PM	425 km	264 miles	230 nm	ENE
Nouakchott	Mon 10:40 PM	509 km	316 miles	275 nm	ESE
Mindelo	Mon 9:40 PM	525 km	326 miles	283 nm	WSW
Praia	Mon 9:40 PM	563 km	350 miles	304 nm	SSW
Rosso	Mon 10:40 PM	594 km	369 miles	321 nm	ESE
Dakar	Mon 10:40 PM	607 km	377 miles	328 nm	SE
Thiès	Mon 10:40 PM	628 km	390 miles	339 nm	SE
Touba	Mon 10:40 PM	699 km	434 miles	377 nm	SE
Serekunda	Mon 10:40 PM	765 km	476 miles	413 nm	SE