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, March 12, 2012 at 02:30:00 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: 82%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 12, 2012 at 02:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 46'	South
Longitude:	11° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.72 meters/second, 1529.0 km/hour, 950.1 miles/hour or 825.6 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' 25.1"	15.83 mi	west	0° 00' 08.4"	0.16 mi	south	15.84 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 03.6"	949.83 mi	west	0° 08' 19.4"	9.54 mi	south	949.51 mi
24 hours	14° 06' 45.1"	929.74 mi	east	2° 43' 36.4"	187.57 mi	south	941.16 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
Lubango	Mon 3:30 AM	361 km	224 miles	195 nm	NNE
Swakopmund *	Mon 4:30 AM	611 km	380 miles	330 nm	SSE
Walvis Bay *	Mon 4:30 AM	637 km	396 miles	344 nm	SSE
Huambo	Mon 3:30 AM	692 km	430 miles	374 nm	NE
Windhoek *	Mon 4:30 AM	763 km	474 miles	412 nm	SE
Rundu *	Mon 4:30 AM	839 km	521 miles	453 nm	E
Luanda	Mon 3:30 AM	1000 km	621 miles	540 nm	N
Kinshasa	Mon 3:30 AM	1534 km	953 miles	829 nm	NNE
Brazzaville	Mon 3:30 AM	1540 km	957 miles	832 nm	NNE
Gaborone	Mon 4:30 AM	1645 km	1022 miles	888 nm	ESE