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 09:40:00 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 09:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 36'	South
Longitude:	38° 44'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.34 meters/second, 1534.8 km/hour, 953.7 miles/hour or 828.7 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' 32.4"	15.89 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	north	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 29.2"	953.44 mi	west	0° 10' 25.0"	11.94 mi	north	954.00 mi
24 hours	10° 48' 05.5"	708.32 mi	east	4° 31' 16.6"	310.92 mi	north	781.42 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
Nampula	Mon 11:40 AM	389 km	242 miles	210 nm	N
Beira	Mon 11:40 AM	432 km	269 miles	233 nm	WSW
Blantyre	Mon 11:40 AM	504 km	313 miles	272 nm	NW
Mutare	Mon 11:40 AM	642 km	399 miles	347 nm	W
Lilongwe	Mon 11:40 AM	736 km	457 miles	397 nm	NW
Harare	Mon 11:40 AM	818 km	508 miles	441 nm	W
Antsirabe	Mon 12:40 PM	883 km	549 miles	477 nm	E
Moroni	Mon 12:40 PM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	NNE
Antananarivo	Mon 12:40 PM	926 km	576 miles	500 nm	E
Mutsamudu	Mon 12:40 PM	936 km	582 miles	505 nm	NE