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 Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 21:22:00 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: 100%

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 Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 21:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 28'	North
Longitude:	33° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.60 meters/second, 1514.1 km/hour, 940.8 miles/hour or 817.6 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' 30.6"	15.68 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	south	15.68 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 42.1"	940.60 mi	west	0° 02' 23.2"	2.74 mi	south	940.73 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 09.0"	756.44 mi	east	1° 23' 25.0"	95.64 mi	south	765.77 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
Port Sudan	Fri 12:22 AM	438 km	272 miles	236 nm	ESE
Khartoum	Fri 12:22 AM	541 km	336 miles	292 nm	S
Jeddah	Fri 12:22 AM	638 km	397 miles	345 nm	ENE
Kassala	Fri 12:22 AM	654 km	406 miles	353 nm	SSE
Teseney	Fri 12:22 AM	700 km	435 miles	378 nm	SSE
Makkah	Fri 12:22 AM	704 km	437 miles	380 nm	E
Hurghada	Thu 11:22 PM	756 km	470 miles	408 nm	N
Keren	Fri 12:22 AM	765 km	476 miles	413 nm	SE
Medina	Fri 12:22 AM	801 km	498 miles	433 nm	NE
Asmara	Fri 12:22 AM	837 km	520 miles	452 nm	SE