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 Monday, January 26, 2009 at 09:52:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Monday, January 26, 2009 at 7:56 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, February 2, 2009 at 11:13 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, January 26, 2009 at 09:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 34'	South
Longitude:	35° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.43 meters/second, 1535.1 km/hour, 953.9 miles/hour or 828.9 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' 32.4"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	north	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 29.7"	953.65 mi	west	0° 10' 26.0"	11.96 mi	north	954.21 mi
24 hours	10° 47' 53.3"	708.24 mi	east	4° 31' 37.9"	311.32 mi	north	781.50 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
Beira	Mon 11:52 AM	175 km	109 miles	95 nm	SW
Blantyre	Mon 11:52 AM	320 km	199 miles	173 nm	NNW
Mutare	Mon 11:52 AM	337 km	210 miles	182 nm	W
Harare	Mon 11:52 AM	512 km	318 miles	277 nm	W
Nampula	Mon 11:52 AM	529 km	328 miles	285 nm	NE
Lilongwe	Mon 11:52 AM	552 km	343 miles	298 nm	NNW
Lusaka	Mon 11:52 AM	884 km	549 miles	477 nm	WNW
Maputo	Mon 11:52 AM	885 km	550 miles	478 nm	SSW
Francistown	Mon 11:52 AM	918 km	570 miles	496 nm	WSW
Mbabane	Mon 11:52 AM	985 km	612 miles	532 nm	SSW