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, February 11, 2012 at 01:48:00 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: 87%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 5:04 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 01:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 42'	South
Longitude:	13° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.67 meters/second, 1604.4 km/hour, 996.9 miles/hour or 866.3 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' 28.8"	16.61 mi	west	0° 00' 13.2"	0.25 mi	south	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 54.5"	996.85 mi	west	0° 13' 12.4"	15.13 mi	south	996.77 mi
24 hours	12° 35' 22.8"	866.61 mi	east	5° 05' 01.6"	349.39 mi	south	929.79 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
Cabinda	Sat 2:48 AM	153 km	95 miles	82 nm	W
Dolisie	Sat 2:48 AM	192 km	119 miles	103 nm	NNW
Pointe-Noire	Sat 2:48 AM	212 km	132 miles	115 nm	WNW
Kinshasa	Sat 2:48 AM	246 km	153 miles	133 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Sat 2:48 AM	248 km	154 miles	134 nm	NE
Luanda	Sat 2:48 AM	349 km	217 miles	189 nm	S
Franceville	Sat 2:48 AM	449 km	279 miles	242 nm	N
Port-Gentil	Sat 2:48 AM	763 km	474 miles	412 nm	NW
Libreville	Sat 2:48 AM	813 km	505 miles	439 nm	NW
Huambo	Sat 2:48 AM	819 km	509 miles	442 nm	SSE