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, April 14, 2012 at 05:12:00 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: 42%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Friday, April 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 05:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 57'	South
Longitude:	24° 16'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.22 meters/second, 1559.6 km/hour, 969.1 miles/hour or 842.1 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' 29.7"	16.15 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	north	16.15 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 52.5"	968.96 mi	west	0° 09' 06.7"	10.44 mi	north	969.36 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 49.1"	781.81 mi	east	3° 54' 45.5"	268.98 mi	north	832.92 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
Lusaka	Sat 7:12 AM	429 km	266 miles	232 nm	E
Lubumbashi	Sat 7:12 AM	505 km	314 miles	272 nm	NE
Rundu	Sat 6:12 AM	581 km	361 miles	314 nm	SW
Francistown	Sat 7:12 AM	769 km	478 miles	415 nm	SSE
Harare	Sat 7:12 AM	791 km	492 miles	427 nm	ESE
Huambo	Sat 6:12 AM	953 km	592 miles	514 nm	WNW
Mbuji-Mayi	Sat 6:12 AM	980 km	609 miles	529 nm	N
Lilongwe	Sat 7:12 AM	1031 km	641 miles	557 nm	E
Gaborone	Sat 7:12 AM	1087 km	675 miles	587 nm	S
Windhoek	Sat 6:12 AM	1131 km	703 miles	610 nm	SW