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, May 4, 2012 at 20:48:00 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: 97%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 3:35 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, May 4, 2012 at 20:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 17'	South
Longitude:	27° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.14 meters/second, 1562.9 km/hour, 971.1 miles/hour or 843.9 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' 25.2"	16.19 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	south	16.19 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 17.3"	970.94 mi	west	0° 11' 14.7"	12.88 mi	south	970.65 mi
24 hours	14° 14' 32.1"	958.87 mi	east	4° 02' 52.2"	278.33 mi	south	989.98 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
Lubumbashi	Fri 10:48 PM	187 km	116 miles	101 nm	NNW
Lusaka	Fri 10:48 PM	228 km	142 miles	123 nm	S
Harare	Fri 10:48 PM	602 km	374 miles	325 nm	SSE
Lilongwe	Fri 10:48 PM	634 km	394 miles	342 nm	E
Francistown	Fri 10:48 PM	874 km	543 miles	472 nm	S
Mbuji-Mayi	Fri 9:48 PM	926 km	576 miles	500 nm	NNW
Rundu	Fri 9:48 PM	1017 km	632 miles	549 nm	WSW
Bujumbura	Fri 10:48 PM	1108 km	688 miles	598 nm	N
Dodoma	Fri 11:48 PM	1155 km	718 miles	624 nm	NE
Kigali	Fri 10:48 PM	1275 km	792 miles	689 nm	N