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 15:48:00 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 15:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 22'	South
Longitude:	44° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.12 meters/second, 1494.4 km/hour, 928.6 miles/hour or 806.9 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' 24.5"	15.48 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	south	15.48 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 33.4"	928.33 mi	west	0° 00' 20.5"	0.39 mi	south	928.31 mi
24 hours	14° 06' 41.9"	909.17 mi	east	0° 30' 32.9"	35.03 mi	north	911.41 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
Antsirabe	Sat 6:48 PM	316 km	196 miles	170 nm	ENE
Antananarivo	Sat 6:48 PM	420 km	261 miles	227 nm	NE
Toamasina	Sat 6:48 PM	629 km	391 miles	340 nm	NE
Nampula	Sat 5:48 PM	884 km	549 miles	477 nm	NW
Mamoutzou	Sat 6:48 PM	954 km	593 miles	515 nm	N
Beira	Sat 5:48 PM	1017 km	632 miles	549 nm	W
Mutsamudu	Sat 6:48 PM	1019 km	633 miles	550 nm	N
Moroni	Sat 6:48 PM	1081 km	671 miles	583 nm	N
Saint-Denis	Sat 7:48 PM	1143 km	710 miles	617 nm	E
Maputo	Sat 5:48 PM	1313 km	816 miles	709 nm	WSW