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, May 8, 2012 at 00:18:00 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: 95%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 3:35 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 00:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 40'	South
Longitude:	21° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.11 meters/second, 1487.2 km/hour, 924.1 miles/hour or 803.0 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' 22.1"	15.40 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.40 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 09.9"	923.86 mi	west	0° 00' 53.3"	1.02 mi	south	923.81 mi
24 hours	14° 56' 16.8"	960.38 mi	east	0° 22' 39.2"	25.98 mi	north	961.98 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
Molepolole	Tue 2:18 AM	474 km	295 miles	256 nm	SE
Rundu	Tue 1:18 AM	475 km	295 miles	256 nm	NNW
Windhoek	Tue 1:18 AM	511 km	317 miles	276 nm	WSW
Gaborone	Tue 2:18 AM	523 km	325 miles	282 nm	SE
Francistown	Tue 2:18 AM	579 km	359 miles	312 nm	E
Rustenburg	Tue 2:18 AM	697 km	433 miles	377 nm	SE
Pretoria	Tue 2:18 AM	779 km	484 miles	421 nm	SE
Walvis Bay	Tue 1:18 AM	781 km	485 miles	422 nm	WSW
Johannesburg	Tue 2:18 AM	798 km	496 miles	431 nm	SE
Lusaka	Tue 2:18 AM	965 km	600 miles	521 nm	NE