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 05:48:00 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: 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 05:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 52'	South
Longitude:	15° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.42 meters/second, 1560.3 km/hour, 969.5 miles/hour or 842.5 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' 29.8"	16.16 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	north	16.16 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 55.4"	969.42 mi	west	0° 09' 09.1"	10.49 mi	north	969.82 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 45.1"	780.95 mi	east	3° 55' 32.1"	269.87 mi	north	832.36 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	Sat 6:48 AM	223 km	138 miles	120 nm	W
Huambo	Sat 6:48 AM	232 km	144 miles	125 nm	N
Rundu	Sat 6:48 AM	561 km	349 miles	303 nm	SE
Luanda	Sat 6:48 AM	714 km	444 miles	386 nm	NNW
Windhoek	Sat 6:48 AM	867 km	539 miles	468 nm	S
Walvis Bay	Sat 6:48 AM	902 km	561 miles	487 nm	S
Kinshasa	Sat 6:48 AM	1167 km	725 miles	630 nm	N
Brazzaville	Sat 6:48 AM	1173 km	729 miles	633 nm	N
Lubumbashi	Sat 7:48 AM	1339 km	832 miles	723 nm	ENE
Lusaka	Sat 7:48 AM	1363 km	847 miles	736 nm	E