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 28, 2012 at 21:52:00 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	Full Moon	Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 3:58 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 28, 2012 at 21:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 02'	North
Longitude:	37° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.51 meters/second, 1528.2 km/hour, 949.6 miles/hour or 825.2 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"	15.83 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	south	15.83 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 00.9"	949.39 mi	west	0° 04' 40.6"	5.36 mi	south	949.63 mi
24 hours	11° 30' 12.1"	752.39 mi	east	2° 16' 15.2"	156.19 mi	south	773.24 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	Sat 12:52 AM	73 km	45 miles	40 nm	NNW
Jeddah	Sat 12:52 AM	322 km	200 miles	174 nm	NNE
Makkah	Sat 12:52 AM	357 km	222 miles	193 nm	NE
Keren	Sat 12:52 AM	373 km	232 miles	201 nm	SSE
Kassala	Sat 12:52 AM	414 km	258 miles	224 nm	SSW
Asmara	Sat 12:52 AM	435 km	270 miles	235 nm	SSE
Teseney	Sat 12:52 AM	444 km	276 miles	240 nm	SSW
Medina	Sat 12:52 AM	639 km	397 miles	345 nm	NNE
Mek'ele	Sat 12:52 AM	646 km	402 miles	349 nm	SSE
Khartoum	Sat 12:52 AM	653 km	406 miles	353 nm	SW