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, August 25, 2012 at 14:48:00 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: 62%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Friday, August 24, 2012 at 1:54 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Friday, August 31, 2012 at 1:59 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 14:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 22'	South
Longitude:	58° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.14 meters/second, 1494.5 km/hour, 928.6 miles/hour or 807.0 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' 24.5"	15.48 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	south	15.48 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 33.3"	928.38 mi	west	0° 00' 29.0"	0.56 mi	south	928.35 mi
24 hours	14° 07' 08.3"	909.69 mi	east	0° 27' 11.9"	31.19 mi	north	911.62 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
Port Louis	Sat 6:48 PM	195 km	121 miles	105 nm	NW
Saint-Denis	Sat 6:48 PM	359 km	223 miles	194 nm	W
Antananarivo	Sat 5:48 PM	1217 km	756 miles	657 nm	W
Victoria	Sat 6:48 PM	1888 km	1173 miles	1020 nm	NNW
Moroni	Sat 5:48 PM	1974 km	1227 miles	1066 nm	WNW
Diego Garcia	Sat 8:48 PM	2129 km	1323 miles	1150 nm	NE
Dar es Salaam	Sat 5:48 PM	2651 km	1647 miles	1432 nm	NW
Maputo	Sat 4:48 PM	2724 km	1693 miles	1471 nm	WSW
Lilongwe	Sat 4:48 PM	2780 km	1728 miles	1501 nm	WNW
Mbabane	Sat 4:48 PM	2872 km	1785 miles	1551 nm	WSW