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 Thursday, September 20, 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: 26%

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 Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 14:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 49'	South
Longitude:	14° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.30 meters/second, 1509.5 km/hour, 937.9 miles/hour or 815.1 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"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	south	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 28.0"	937.70 mi	west	0° 04' 37.9"	5.31 mi	south	937.49 mi
24 hours	14° 16' 01.7"	928.55 mi	east	1° 12' 40.7"	83.33 mi	south	928.69 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
Swakopmund *	Thu 4:48 PM	317 km	197 miles	171 nm	S
Walvis Bay *	Thu 4:48 PM	347 km	216 miles	187 nm	S
Windhoek *	Thu 4:48 PM	402 km	250 miles	217 nm	SE
Lubango	Thu 3:48 PM	555 km	345 miles	299 nm	NNW
Rundu *	Thu 4:48 PM	586 km	364 miles	316 nm	ENE
Huambo	Thu 3:48 PM	789 km	490 miles	426 nm	N
Luanda	Thu 3:48 PM	1224 km	761 miles	661 nm	N
Gaborone	Thu 4:48 PM	1285 km	798 miles	694 nm	ESE
Rustenburg	Thu 4:48 PM	1452 km	902 miles	784 nm	ESE
Lusaka	Thu 4:48 PM	1533 km	953 miles	828 nm	ENE