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 Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 22:20:00 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: 98%

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 Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 22:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 43'	North
Longitude:	42° 16'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.32 meters/second, 1549.1 km/hour, 962.6 miles/hour or 836.5 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' 31.5"	16.04 mi	west	0° 00' 06.6"	0.13 mi	south	16.04 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 31.2"	962.42 mi	west	0° 06' 45.2"	7.74 mi	south	962.74 mi
24 hours	11° 17' 21.8"	748.08 mi	east	3° 02' 48.7"	209.50 mi	south	782.24 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
Al Hudaydah	Sun 1:20 AM	224 km	139 miles	121 nm	SSE
Sana	Sun 1:20 AM	257 km	160 miles	139 nm	SE
Asmara	Sun 1:20 AM	387 km	241 miles	209 nm	WSW
Ta'izz	Sun 1:20 AM	394 km	245 miles	213 nm	SSE
Keren	Sun 1:20 AM	420 km	261 miles	227 nm	WSW
Mek'ele	Sun 1:20 AM	465 km	289 miles	251 nm	SW
Aden	Sun 1:20 AM	520 km	323 miles	281 nm	SE
Tadjoura	Sun 1:20 AM	549 km	341 miles	296 nm	S
Djibouti	Sun 1:20 AM	574 km	357 miles	310 nm	S
Makkah	Sun 1:20 AM	583 km	362 miles	315 nm	NNW