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 Monday, October 15, 2012 at 10:38:00 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 is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

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 Monday, October 15, 2012 at 10:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 12'	South
Longitude:	14° 45'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.17 meters/second, 1577.4 km/hour, 980.2 miles/hour or 851.7 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' 26.4"	16.34 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	south	16.34 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 29.4"	980.00 mi	west	0° 11' 19.5"	12.97 mi	south	979.77 mi
24 hours	13° 43' 09.6"	931.01 mi	east	4° 10' 08.2"	286.61 mi	south	966.92 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
Huambo	Mon 11:38 AM	204 km	127 miles	110 nm	SSE
Luanda	Mon 11:38 AM	310 km	193 miles	168 nm	NNW
Lubango	Mon 11:38 AM	434 km	270 miles	234 nm	SSW
Cabinda	Mon 11:38 AM	685 km	426 miles	370 nm	NNW
Kinshasa	Mon 11:38 AM	763 km	474 miles	412 nm	N
Brazzaville	Mon 11:38 AM	769 km	478 miles	415 nm	N
Pointe-Noire	Mon 11:38 AM	777 km	483 miles	420 nm	NNW
Dolisie	Mon 11:38 AM	807 km	501 miles	436 nm	NNW
Rundu *	Mon 12:38 PM	918 km	571 miles	496 nm	SE
Windhoek *	Mon 12:38 PM	1282 km	797 miles	692 nm	S