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 Friday, September 21, 2012 at 14:58:00 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: 37%

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 Friday, September 21, 2012 at 14:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 02'	South
Longitude:	26° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.93 meters/second, 1497.4 km/hour, 930.4 miles/hour or 808.5 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' 24.3"	15.51 mi	west	0° 00' 01.2"	0.02 mi	south	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 19.1"	930.17 mi	west	0° 01' 14.0"	1.41 mi	south	930.11 mi
24 hours	14° 10' 43.3"	915.55 mi	east	0° 09' 22.4"	10.75 mi	north	916.09 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
Francistown	Fri 4:58 PM	112 km	70 miles	61 nm	E
Bulawayo	Fri 4:58 PM	244 km	151 miles	132 nm	ENE
Molepolole	Fri 4:58 PM	385 km	239 miles	208 nm	SSW
Gaborone	Fri 4:58 PM	404 km	251 miles	218 nm	S
Rustenburg	Fri 4:58 PM	520 km	323 miles	281 nm	S
Pretoria	Fri 4:58 PM	551 km	343 miles	298 nm	SSE
Johannesburg	Fri 4:58 PM	595 km	370 miles	322 nm	SSE
Harare	Fri 4:58 PM	600 km	373 miles	324 nm	NE
Lusaka	Fri 4:58 PM	659 km	409 miles	356 nm	NNE
Nelspruit	Fri 4:58 PM	676 km	420 miles	365 nm	SE