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 22:12:00 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 22:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 00'	North
Longitude:	32° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.58 meters/second, 1528.5 km/hour, 949.8 miles/hour or 825.3 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' 01.2"	949.54 mi	west	0° 04' 42.4"	5.40 mi	south	949.78 mi
24 hours	11° 30' 02.2"	752.33 mi	east	2° 16' 56.1"	156.97 mi	south	773.35 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
Khartoum	Sat 1:12 AM	377 km	234 miles	204 nm	S
Port Sudan	Sat 1:12 AM	479 km	298 miles	259 nm	E
Kassala	Sat 1:12 AM	557 km	346 miles	301 nm	SE
Teseney	Sat 1:12 AM	602 km	374 miles	325 nm	SE
Keren	Sat 1:12 AM	708 km	440 miles	382 nm	ESE
Jeddah	Sat 1:12 AM	730 km	453 miles	394 nm	ENE
Asmara	Sat 1:12 AM	778 km	483 miles	420 nm	ESE
Makkah	Sat 1:12 AM	790 km	491 miles	427 nm	ENE
Hurghada	Sat 12:12 AM	921 km	572 miles	497 nm	N
Medina	Sat 1:12 AM	936 km	582 miles	505 nm	NE