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, October 14, 2012 at 09:28:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

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 Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 09:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 10'	South
Longitude:	18° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.91 meters/second, 1601.7 km/hour, 995.2 miles/hour or 864.8 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' 28.1"	16.59 mi	west	0° 00' 12.4"	0.24 mi	south	16.59 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 09.5"	995.14 mi	west	0° 12' 27.6"	14.27 mi	south	995.05 mi
24 hours	13° 02' 02.6"	896.44 mi	east	4° 48' 43.3"	330.72 mi	south	950.69 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
Kinshasa	Sun 10:28 AM	415 km	258 miles	224 nm	WNW
Brazzaville	Sun 10:28 AM	421 km	262 miles	227 nm	WNW
Mbuji-Mayi	Sun 10:28 AM	555 km	345 miles	300 nm	E
Luanda	Sun 10:28 AM	659 km	410 miles	356 nm	WSW
Dolisie	Sun 10:28 AM	689 km	428 miles	372 nm	WNW
Cabinda	Sun 10:28 AM	710 km	441 miles	383 nm	W
Franceville	Sun 10:28 AM	747 km	464 miles	403 nm	NW
Pointe-Noire	Sun 10:28 AM	758 km	471 miles	409 nm	WNW
Huambo	Sun 10:28 AM	795 km	494 miles	429 nm	SSW
Lubumbashi	Sun 11:28 AM	1153 km	716 miles	622 nm	ESE