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 Sunday, December 30, 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: 94%

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 Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 22:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 40'	North
Longitude:	53° 33'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.81 meters/second, 1572.5 km/hour, 977.1 miles/hour or 849.1 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' 32.0"	16.29 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	south	16.29 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 02.7"	976.99 mi	west	0° 08' 29.7"	9.74 mi	south	977.33 mi
24 hours	11° 05' 55.0"	746.10 mi	east	3° 40' 41.9"	252.86 mi	south	792.78 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
Salalah	Mon 2:20 AM	375 km	233 miles	203 nm	N
Bosaso	Mon 1:20 AM	543 km	338 miles	293 nm	WSW
Aden	Mon 1:20 AM	932 km	579 miles	503 nm	W
Sana	Mon 1:20 AM	1024 km	636 miles	553 nm	WNW
Djibouti	Mon 1:20 AM	1154 km	717 miles	623 nm	W
Abu Dhabi	Mon 2:20 AM	1197 km	744 miles	647 nm	N
Muscat	Mon 2:20 AM	1220 km	758 miles	659 nm	NNE
Dubai	Mon 2:20 AM	1298 km	806 miles	701 nm	N
Doha	Mon 1:20 AM	1304 km	810 miles	704 nm	N
Riyadh	Mon 1:20 AM	1411 km	877 miles	762 nm	NNW