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 09:42:00 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	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 09:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 53'	South
Longitude:	33° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.06 meters/second, 1494.2 km/hour, 928.5 miles/hour or 806.8 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"	15.48 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	15.48 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 37.8"	928.24 mi	west	0° 01' 03.2"	1.21 mi	north	928.29 mi
24 hours	15° 11' 04.3"	981.46 mi	east	1° 08' 32.1"	78.58 mi	north	988.25 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
Beira	Thu 11:42 AM	174 km	108 miles	94 nm	NE
Mutare	Thu 11:42 AM	233 km	145 miles	126 nm	NNW
Harare	Thu 11:42 AM	431 km	268 miles	233 nm	NW
Bulawayo	Thu 11:42 AM	529 km	329 miles	286 nm	W
Maputo	Thu 11:42 AM	573 km	356 miles	309 nm	S
Nelspruit	Thu 11:42 AM	574 km	357 miles	310 nm	SSW
Blantyre	Thu 11:42 AM	583 km	362 miles	315 nm	NNE
Francistown	Thu 11:42 AM	634 km	394 miles	342 nm	W
Mbabane	Thu 11:42 AM	652 km	405 miles	352 nm	SSW
Manzini	Thu 11:42 AM	662 km	411 miles	357 nm	SSW