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 Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 15:48:00 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 15:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 51'	South
Longitude:	28° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.76 meters/second, 1500.3 km/hour, 932.3 miles/hour or 810.1 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' 25.0"	15.54 mi	west	0° 00' 02.1"	0.04 mi	north	15.54 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 58.3"	932.03 mi	west	0° 02' 14.2"	2.56 mi	north	932.15 mi
24 hours	13° 47' 04.7"	891.22 mi	east	1° 29' 19.7"	102.42 mi	north	901.35 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
Bulawayo	Sat 5:48 PM	77 km	48 miles	41 nm	N
Francistown	Sat 5:48 PM	119 km	74 miles	64 nm	WSW
Harare	Sat 5:48 PM	421 km	262 miles	228 nm	NE
Mutare	Sat 5:48 PM	472 km	293 miles	255 nm	ENE
Gaborone	Sat 5:48 PM	504 km	313 miles	272 nm	SSW
Molepolole	Sat 5:48 PM	506 km	314 miles	273 nm	SW
Pretoria	Sat 5:48 PM	544 km	338 miles	294 nm	S
Rustenburg	Sat 5:48 PM	552 km	343 miles	298 nm	SSW
Nelspruit	Sat 5:48 PM	566 km	352 miles	306 nm	SSE
Johannesburg	Sat 5:48 PM	596 km	370 miles	322 nm	S