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 08:32:00 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 08:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 54'	South
Longitude:	50° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.01 meters/second, 1494.0 km/hour, 928.3 miles/hour or 806.7 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' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 36.7"	928.11 mi	west	0° 00' 51.8"	0.99 mi	north	928.15 mi
24 hours	15° 12' 14.4"	982.61 mi	east	1° 04' 12.9"	73.63 mi	north	988.79 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
Toamasina	Thu 11:32 AM	320 km	199 miles	173 nm	NNW
Antsirabe	Thu 11:32 AM	365 km	227 miles	197 nm	WNW
Antananarivo	Thu 11:32 AM	369 km	229 miles	199 nm	NW
Saint-Denis	Thu 12:32 PM	531 km	330 miles	286 nm	E
Port Louis	Thu 12:32 PM	749 km	466 miles	405 nm	E
Moroni	Thu 11:32 AM	1268 km	788 miles	685 nm	NW
Victoria	Thu 12:32 PM	1883 km	1170 miles	1017 nm	NNE
Maputo	Thu 10:32 AM	1899 km	1180 miles	1025 nm	WSW
Lilongwe	Thu 10:32 AM	1918 km	1192 miles	1036 nm	WNW
Dar es Salaam	Thu 11:32 AM	1962 km	1219 miles	1059 nm	NW