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 Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at 20:14:00 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: 94%

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 Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at 20:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 25'	North
Longitude:	26° 11'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.86 meters/second, 1515.1 km/hour, 941.4 miles/hour or 818.1 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' 30.9"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.05 mi	north	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 00.4"	941.19 mi	west	0° 02' 22.2"	2.72 mi	north	941.07 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 55.1"	756.40 mi	east	0° 30' 32.4"	35.02 mi	north	755.96 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
Kufra	Tue 9:14 PM	513 km	319 miles	277 nm	NW
Khartoum	Tue 11:14 PM	858 km	533 miles	463 nm	SE
Al Jizah	Tue 10:14 PM	1177 km	731 miles	636 nm	NNE
Cairo	Tue 10:14 PM	1181 km	734 miles	638 nm	NNE
Alexandria	Tue 10:14 PM	1254 km	779 miles	677 nm	NNE
Jeddah	Tue 11:14 PM	1356 km	842 miles	732 nm	E
Makkah	Tue 11:14 PM	1423 km	884 miles	768 nm	E
Medina	Tue 11:14 PM	1453 km	903 miles	784 nm	ENE
Asmara	Tue 11:14 PM	1464 km	909 miles	790 nm	ESE
Ndjamena	Tue 9:14 PM	1502 km	933 miles	811 nm	SW