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 Friday, April 13, 2012 at 04:42:00 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: 53%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Friday, April 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Friday, April 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 13, 2012 at 04:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 17'	South
Longitude:	19° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.78 meters/second, 1529.2 km/hour, 950.2 miles/hour or 825.7 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' 27.7"	15.84 mi	west	0° 00' 07.1"	0.14 mi	north	15.84 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 45.7"	950.03 mi	west	0° 07' 07.7"	8.17 mi	north	950.39 mi
24 hours	12° 29' 31.5"	820.64 mi	east	3° 14' 52.8"	223.36 mi	north	857.44 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
Rundu	Fri 5:42 AM	89 km	55 miles	48 nm	ENE
Windhoek	Fri 5:42 AM	515 km	320 miles	278 nm	SSW
Swakopmund	Fri 5:42 AM	676 km	420 miles	365 nm	SW
Lubango	Fri 5:42 AM	697 km	433 miles	376 nm	WNW
Walvis Bay	Fri 5:42 AM	699 km	434 miles	378 nm	SW
Huambo	Fri 5:42 AM	704 km	437 miles	380 nm	NNW
Francistown	Fri 6:42 AM	946 km	588 miles	511 nm	ESE
Molepolole	Fri 6:42 AM	955 km	594 miles	516 nm	SE
Gaborone	Fri 6:42 AM	1003 km	624 miles	542 nm	SE
Lusaka	Fri 6:42 AM	1035 km	643 miles	559 nm	ENE