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 22:22:00 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 22:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 25'	North
Longitude:	18° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.71 meters/second, 1514.5 km/hour, 941.1 miles/hour or 817.8 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' 30.7"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.05 mi	south	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 42.6"	940.85 mi	west	0° 02' 28.8"	2.85 mi	south	940.98 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 50.8"	756.31 mi	east	1° 25' 39.9"	98.22 mi	south	766.05 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	Thu 11:22 PM	638 km	396 miles	344 nm	NE
Ndjamena	Thu 11:22 PM	995 km	618 miles	537 nm	SSW
Kano	Thu 11:22 PM	1426 km	886 miles	770 nm	SW
Tripoli	Thu 11:22 PM	1484 km	922 miles	801 nm	NNW
Khartoum	Fri 1:22 AM	1566 km	973 miles	846 nm	ESE
Alexandria	Fri 12:22 AM	1647 km	1023 miles	889 nm	NE
Cairo	Fri 12:22 AM	1657 km	1030 miles	895 nm	NE
Abuja	Thu 11:22 PM	1749 km	1087 miles	944 nm	SW
Valletta	Thu 11:22 PM	1762 km	1095 miles	951 nm	NNW
Bangui	Thu 11:22 PM	1776 km	1104 miles	959 nm	S