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.

September Equinox 2012

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Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Saturday, September 22, 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: 48%

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 Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 14:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 53'	South
Longitude:	43° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.64 meters/second, 1499.9 km/hour, 932.0 miles/hour or 809.9 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' 24.8"	15.53 mi	west	0° 00' 02.0"	0.04 mi	north	15.53 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 55.7"	931.77 mi	west	0° 02' 06.0"	2.41 mi	north	931.88 mi
24 hours	13° 48' 19.6"	892.36 mi	east	1° 26' 17.3"	98.94 mi	north	901.96 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 5:48 PM	434 km	269 miles	234 nm	ENE
Antananarivo	Sat 5:48 PM	519 km	322 miles	280 nm	ENE
Toamasina	Sat 5:48 PM	735 km	457 miles	397 nm	ENE
Nampula	Sat 4:48 PM	752 km	468 miles	406 nm	NNW
Beira	Sat 4:48 PM	862 km	536 miles	466 nm	W
Mamoutzou	Sat 5:48 PM	927 km	576 miles	501 nm	NNE
Mutsamudu	Sat 5:48 PM	976 km	607 miles	527 nm	N
Moroni	Sat 5:48 PM	1021 km	634 miles	551 nm	N
Maputo	Sat 4:48 PM	1205 km	749 miles	651 nm	WSW
Lilongwe	Sat 4:48 PM	1244 km	773 miles	671 nm	NW