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 Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 03:10:00 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: 71%

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 Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 03:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 33'	South
Longitude:	16° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.33 meters/second, 1502.4 km/hour, 933.5 miles/hour or 811.2 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' 24.3"	15.56 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	south	15.56 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 26.3"	933.28 mi	west	0° 05' 00.5"	5.74 mi	south	933.04 mi
24 hours	14° 13' 59.5"	922.01 mi	east	1° 20' 09.8"	91.93 mi	south	922.48 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
Windhoek *	Tue 5:10 AM	236 km	147 miles	127 nm	SSE
Swakopmund *	Tue 5:10 AM	302 km	188 miles	163 nm	SW
Walvis Bay *	Tue 5:10 AM	328 km	204 miles	177 nm	SW
Rundu *	Tue 5:10 AM	462 km	287 miles	249 nm	NE
Lubango	Tue 4:10 AM	694 km	431 miles	375 nm	NNW
Huambo	Tue 4:10 AM	863 km	536 miles	466 nm	N
Gaborone	Tue 5:10 AM	1081 km	672 miles	584 nm	ESE
Rustenburg	Tue 5:10 AM	1249 km	776 miles	675 nm	ESE
Luanda	Tue 4:10 AM	1339 km	832 miles	723 nm	NNW
Pretoria	Tue 5:10 AM	1340 km	833 miles	724 nm	ESE