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

Latitude:	16° 42'	North
Longitude:	41° 47'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.32 meters/second, 1549.2 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' 06.7"	0.13 mi	south	16.04 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 31.1"	962.44 mi	west	0° 06' 45.4"	7.75 mi	south	962.76 mi
24 hours	11° 17' 20.7"	748.08 mi	east	3° 02' 52.3"	209.57 mi	south	782.25 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
Sana	Sun 1:22 AM	300 km	187 miles	162 nm	ESE
Asmara	Sun 1:22 AM	340 km	211 miles	184 nm	WSW
Keren	Sun 1:22 AM	370 km	230 miles	200 nm	WSW
Mek'ele	Sun 1:22 AM	433 km	269 miles	234 nm	SW
Aden	Sun 1:22 AM	551 km	342 miles	297 nm	SE
Tadjoura	Sun 1:22 AM	557 km	346 miles	301 nm	SSE
Makkah	Sun 1:22 AM	563 km	350 miles	304 nm	NNW
Teseney	Sun 1:22 AM	577 km	358 miles	311 nm	WSW
Port Sudan	Sun 1:22 AM	581 km	361 miles	314 nm	NW
Djibouti	Sun 1:22 AM	585 km	363 miles	316 nm	SSE