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 15:46:00 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 15:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 54'	South
Longitude:	0° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.09 meters/second, 1508.7 km/hour, 937.5 miles/hour or 814.7 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' 26.7"	937.24 mi	west	0° 04' 29.9"	5.16 mi	south	937.03 mi
24 hours	14° 16' 10.5"	928.28 mi	east	1° 09' 24.8"	79.59 mi	south	928.24 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
Jamestown	Thu 3:46 PM	805 km	500 miles	435 nm	WNW
Windhoek *	Thu 5:46 PM	1732 km	1077 miles	935 nm	ESE
Luanda	Thu 4:46 PM	1826 km	1134 miles	986 nm	NE
São Tomé	Thu 3:46 PM	2335 km	1451 miles	1261 nm	NNE
Kinshasa	Thu 4:46 PM	2345 km	1457 miles	1266 nm	NE
Cape Town	Thu 5:46 PM	2345 km	1457 miles	1266 nm	SE
Brazzaville	Thu 4:46 PM	2348 km	1459 miles	1268 nm	NE
Libreville	Thu 4:46 PM	2441 km	1517 miles	1318 nm	NNE
Gaborone	Thu 5:46 PM	2652 km	1648 miles	1432 nm	ESE
Malabo	Thu 4:46 PM	2763 km	1717 miles	1492 nm	NNE