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 15:58:00 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: 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 15:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 51'	South
Longitude:	26° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.78 meters/second, 1500.4 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' 58.6"	932.07 mi	west	0° 02' 15.6"	2.59 mi	north	932.19 mi
24 hours	13° 46' 52.0"	891.03 mi	east	1° 29' 50.0"	103.00 mi	north	901.25 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	Sat 5:58 PM	141 km	87 miles	76 nm	ESE
Bulawayo	Sat 5:58 PM	260 km	161 miles	140 nm	ENE
Molepolole	Sat 5:58 PM	401 km	249 miles	216 nm	S
Gaborone	Sat 5:58 PM	423 km	263 miles	228 nm	S
Rustenburg	Sat 5:58 PM	545 km	338 miles	294 nm	S
Pretoria	Sat 5:58 PM	580 km	360 miles	313 nm	SSE
Harare	Sat 5:58 PM	609 km	378 miles	329 nm	ENE
Johannesburg	Sat 5:58 PM	623 km	387 miles	336 nm	SSE
Lusaka	Sat 5:58 PM	639 km	397 miles	345 nm	NNE
Rundu *	Sat 5:58 PM	750 km	466 miles	405 nm	WNW