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 Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 07:42:00 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	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 07:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 54'	South
Longitude:	62° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.98 meters/second, 1493.9 km/hour, 928.3 miles/hour or 806.6 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' 21.6"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 35.8"	928.03 mi	west	0° 00' 43.7"	0.84 mi	north	928.07 mi
24 hours	15° 13' 02.0"	983.39 mi	east	1° 01' 06.8"	70.07 mi	north	989.16 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
Port Louis	Thu 11:42 AM	510 km	317 miles	275 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Thu 11:42 AM	714 km	444 miles	386 nm	W
Antananarivo	Thu 10:42 AM	1565 km	972 miles	845 nm	W
Diego Garcia	Thu 1:42 PM	1854 km	1152 miles	1001 nm	NE
Victoria	Thu 11:42 AM	1949 km	1211 miles	1052 nm	NNW
Moroni	Thu 10:42 AM	2271 km	1411 miles	1226 nm	WNW
Dar es Salaam	Thu 10:42 AM	2930 km	1821 miles	1582 nm	WNW
Male	Thu 12:42 PM	3032 km	1884 miles	1637 nm	NNE
Maputo	Thu 9:42 AM	3083 km	1916 miles	1665 nm	WSW
Lilongwe	Thu 9:42 AM	3123 km	1940 miles	1686 nm	W