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 Sunday, September 23, 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: 59%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7:41 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 14:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 26'	South
Longitude:	54° 25'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.13 meters/second, 1516.1 km/hour, 942.0 miles/hour or 818.6 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' 26.1"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	north	15.70 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 11.3"	941.83 mi	west	0° 05' 09.6"	5.92 mi	north	942.10 mi
24 hours	13° 13' 28.4"	862.81 mi	east	2° 33' 52.9"	176.40 mi	north	887.01 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
Saint-Denis	Sun 6:58 PM	193 km	120 miles	104 nm	SSE
Saint-Pierre	Sun 6:58 PM	238 km	148 miles	129 nm	SSE
Port Louis	Sun 6:58 PM	332 km	206 miles	179 nm	ESE
Toamasina	Sun 5:58 PM	548 km	340 miles	296 nm	WNW
Antananarivo	Sun 5:58 PM	728 km	453 miles	393 nm	W
Antsirabe	Sun 5:58 PM	776 km	482 miles	419 nm	W
Moroni	Sun 5:58 PM	1468 km	912 miles	793 nm	NW
Victoria	Sun 6:58 PM	1642 km	1020 miles	887 nm	N
Dar es Salaam	Sun 5:58 PM	2151 km	1337 miles	1161 nm	NW
Lilongwe	Sun 4:58 PM	2281 km	1417 miles	1232 nm	WNW