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 Saturday, March 9, 2013 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 8%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Monday, March 11, 2013 at 7:51 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 07:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 57'	South
Longitude:	34° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.53 meters/second, 1582.3 km/hour, 983.2 miles/hour or 854.4 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' 28.4"	16.39 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	north	16.39 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 30.9"	983.13 mi	west	0° 10' 27.4"	11.98 mi	north	983.49 mi
24 hours	12° 21' 29.6"	839.37 mi	east	4° 24' 04.6"	302.50 mi	north	897.28 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
Lilongwe	Sat 9:42 AM	355 km	220 miles	191 nm	SSW
Blantyre	Sat 9:42 AM	536 km	333 miles	289 nm	S
Dodoma	Sat 10:42 AM	538 km	334 miles	291 nm	N
Nampula	Sat 9:42 AM	668 km	415 miles	361 nm	SE
Dar es Salaam	Sat 10:42 AM	672 km	418 miles	363 nm	NE
Zanzibar City	Sat 10:42 AM	716 km	445 miles	387 nm	NE
Lubumbashi	Sat 9:42 AM	803 km	499 miles	434 nm	W
Lusaka	Sat 9:42 AM	862 km	535 miles	465 nm	SW
Harare	Sat 9:42 AM	862 km	536 miles	466 nm	SSW
Mombasa	Sat 10:42 AM	933 km	580 miles	504 nm	NE