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, February 13, 2012 at 00:48:00 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: 69%

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 Monday, February 13, 2012 at 00:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 04'	South
Longitude:	53° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.60 meters/second, 1553.8 km/hour, 965.5 miles/hour or 839.0 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' 27.0"	16.09 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.20 mi	south	16.09 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 00.6"	965.27 mi	west	0° 10' 10.3"	11.66 mi	south	964.95 mi
24 hours	13° 24' 28.8"	895.67 mi	east	3° 35' 24.9"	246.91 mi	south	921.21 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
Toamasina	Mon 3:48 AM	561 km	349 miles	303 nm	SW
Saint-Denis	Mon 4:48 AM	673 km	418 miles	363 nm	SSE
Port Louis	Mon 4:48 AM	700 km	435 miles	378 nm	SE
Antananarivo	Mon 3:48 AM	774 km	481 miles	418 nm	SW
Antsirabe	Mon 3:48 AM	875 km	544 miles	472 nm	SW
Mamoutzou	Mon 3:48 AM	937 km	582 miles	506 nm	WNW
Victoria	Mon 4:48 AM	1174 km	729 miles	634 nm	N
Moroni	Mon 3:48 AM	1174 km	729 miles	634 nm	WNW
Dar es Salaam	Mon 3:48 AM	1808 km	1124 miles	976 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Mon 3:48 AM	2099 km	1304 miles	1133 nm	NNW