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 Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 09:38:00 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 hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

Previous phase	New Moon	Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, October 22, 2012 at 3:32 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 09:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 13'	South
Longitude:	42° 53'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.28 meters/second, 1549.0 km/hour, 962.5 miles/hour or 836.4 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' 25.0"	16.04 mi	west	0° 00' 09.3"	0.18 mi	south	16.04 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 55.7"	962.31 mi	west	0° 09' 23.0"	10.75 mi	south	962.01 mi
24 hours	14° 17' 44.0"	954.30 mi	east	3° 13' 51.7"	222.20 mi	south	972.19 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
Mamoutzou	Tue 12:38 PM	369 km	229 miles	199 nm	NE
Mutsamudu	Tue 12:38 PM	375 km	233 miles	202 nm	NNE
Nampula	Tue 11:38 AM	390 km	243 miles	211 nm	W
Moroni	Tue 12:38 PM	395 km	245 miles	213 nm	N
Antananarivo	Tue 12:38 PM	641 km	398 miles	346 nm	SE
Antsirabe	Tue 12:38 PM	677 km	421 miles	366 nm	SE
Toamasina	Tue 12:38 PM	767 km	476 miles	414 nm	ESE
Lilongwe	Tue 11:38 AM	992 km	616 miles	536 nm	W
Beira	Tue 11:38 AM	996 km	619 miles	538 nm	WSW
Dar es Salaam	Tue 12:38 PM	1008 km	627 miles	544 nm	NNW