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 22:32:00 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 22:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 59'	North
Longitude:	27° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.65 meters/second, 1528.7 km/hour, 949.9 miles/hour or 825.4 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' 01.6"	949.70 mi	west	0° 04' 44.2"	5.43 mi	south	949.94 mi
24 hours	11° 29' 52.4"	752.26 mi	east	2° 17' 37.0"	157.75 mi	south	773.47 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 1:32 AM	621 km	386 miles	336 nm	SE
Port Sudan	Sat 1:32 AM	985 km	612 miles	532 nm	E
Kassala	Sat 1:32 AM	989 km	614 miles	534 nm	ESE
Jeddah	Sat 1:32 AM	1213 km	754 miles	655 nm	ENE
Asmara	Sat 1:32 AM	1245 km	774 miles	672 nm	ESE
Al Jizah	Sat 12:32 AM	1268 km	788 miles	685 nm	NNE
Cairo	Sat 12:32 AM	1272 km	790 miles	687 nm	NNE
Makkah	Sat 1:32 AM	1278 km	794 miles	690 nm	ENE
Medina	Sat 1:32 AM	1358 km	844 miles	733 nm	ENE
Alexandria	Sat 12:32 AM	1371 km	852 miles	740 nm	N