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, October 13, 2012 at 08:28:00 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: 6%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 08:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 54'	South
Longitude:	20° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.12 meters/second, 1613.2 km/hour, 1002.4 miles/hour or 871.1 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' 29.5"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 12.5"	0.24 mi	south	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 30.1"	1002.35 mi	west	0° 12' 38.1"	14.47 mi	south	1002.42 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 58.2"	859.94 mi	east	5° 03' 09.0"	347.18 mi	south	925.80 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
Impfondo	Sat 9:28 AM	398 km	247 miles	215 nm	NW
Kisangani	Sat 9:28 AM	534 km	332 miles	288 nm	ENE
Bimbo	Sat 9:28 AM	621 km	386 miles	335 nm	NNW
Bangui	Sat 9:28 AM	626 km	389 miles	338 nm	NNW
Mbuji-Mayi	Sat 9:28 AM	665 km	413 miles	359 nm	SSE
Brazzaville	Sat 9:28 AM	699 km	434 miles	378 nm	WSW
Kinshasa	Sat 9:28 AM	700 km	435 miles	378 nm	WSW
Berbérati	Sat 9:28 AM	783 km	487 miles	423 nm	NW
Franceville	Sat 9:28 AM	786 km	488 miles	424 nm	W
Dolisie	Sat 9:28 AM	955 km	593 miles	515 nm	WSW