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 Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 22:02:00 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: 100%
Position of the Moon
On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 22:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 23° 10' | South |
| Longitude: | 30° 25' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 409.91 meters/second, 1475.7 km/hour, 916.9 miles/hour or 796.8 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' 24.6" | 15.28 mi | west | 0° 00' 02.0" | 0.04 mi | north | 15.28 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 24' 45.4" | 916.65 mi | west | 0° 02' 04.6" | 2.38 mi | north | 916.77 mi |
| 24 hours | 13° 48' 15.8" | 878.00 mi | east | 1° 28' 43.9" | 101.77 mi | north | 888.58 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 |
|---|
| Nelspruit | Thu 12:02 AM | 260 km | 162 miles | 141 nm |  SSE |
| Mbabane | Thu 12:02 AM | 355 km | 221 miles | 192 nm | SSE |
| Pretoria | Thu 12:02 AM | 364 km | 226 miles | 196 nm |  SW |
| Francistown | Thu 12:02 AM | 373 km | 232 miles | 201 nm |  NW |
| Maputo | Thu 12:02 AM | 379 km | 235 miles | 205 nm |  SE |
| Manzini | Thu 12:02 AM | 381 km | 236 miles | 205 nm | SSE |
| Bulawayo | Thu 12:02 AM | 385 km | 239 miles | 208 nm |  NNW |
| Johannesburg | Thu 12:02 AM | 413 km | 256 miles | 223 nm | SW |
| Rustenburg | Thu 12:02 AM | 425 km | 264 miles | 229 nm | SW |
| Big Bend | Thu 12:02 AM | 429 km | 267 miles | 232 nm | SSE |
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