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 Monday, September 17, 2012 at 12:12:00 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: 3%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, September 17, 2012 at 12:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 45'	South
Longitude:	11° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.18 meters/second, 1591.8 km/hour, 989.1 miles/hour or 859.5 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' 27.9"	16.49 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.49 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 55.7"	989.01 mi	west	0° 11' 56.8"	13.68 mi	south	988.84 mi
24 hours	13° 04' 19.0"	893.75 mi	east	4° 30' 10.3"	309.52 mi	south	939.84 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
Luanda	Mon 1:12 PM	207 km	128 miles	112 nm	E
Cabinda	Mon 1:12 PM	366 km	227 miles	197 nm	NNE
Pointe-Noire	Mon 1:12 PM	443 km	275 miles	239 nm	N
Dolisie	Mon 1:12 PM	524 km	326 miles	283 nm	NNE
Huambo	Mon 1:12 PM	654 km	406 miles	353 nm	SE
Kinshasa	Mon 1:12 PM	657 km	408 miles	355 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Mon 1:12 PM	660 km	410 miles	356 nm	NE
Lubango	Mon 1:12 PM	720 km	448 miles	389 nm	SSE
Franceville	Mon 1:12 PM	825 km	513 miles	446 nm	NNE
Port-Gentil	Mon 1:12 PM	932 km	579 miles	503 nm	NNW