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 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: 60%

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 15:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 22'	South
Longitude:	42° 23'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.33 meters/second, 1516.8 km/hour, 942.5 miles/hour or 819.0 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"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	north	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 14.3"	942.30 mi	west	0° 05' 15.5"	6.03 mi	north	942.58 mi
24 hours	13° 12' 08.5"	861.74 mi	east	2° 35' 58.3"	178.79 mi	north	886.49 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	Sun 6:48 PM	490 km	304 miles	265 nm	E
Antananarivo	Sun 6:48 PM	542 km	336 miles	292 nm	E
Nampula	Sun 5:48 PM	576 km	358 miles	311 nm	NW
Toamasina	Sun 6:48 PM	751 km	467 miles	406 nm	E
Mamoutzou	Sun 6:48 PM	789 km	490 miles	426 nm	NNE
Beira	Sun 5:48 PM	794 km	494 miles	429 nm	W
Mutsamudu	Sun 6:48 PM	825 km	513 miles	445 nm	NNE
Moroni	Sun 6:48 PM	857 km	533 miles	463 nm	N
Lilongwe	Sun 5:48 PM	1094 km	680 miles	591 nm	WNW
Harare	Sun 5:48 PM	1209 km	751 miles	653 nm	W