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 09:58:00 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 09:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 16'	South
Longitude:	38° 05'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.16 meters/second, 1548.6 km/hour, 962.3 miles/hour or 836.2 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' 24.8"	16.04 mi	west	0° 00' 09.3"	0.18 mi	south	16.04 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 54.4"	962.04 mi	west	0° 09' 20.9"	10.72 mi	south	961.75 mi
24 hours	14° 18' 10.3"	954.55 mi	east	3° 12' 54.9"	221.11 mi	south	972.20 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
Nampula	Tue 11:58 AM	127 km	79 miles	69 nm	E
Blantyre	Tue 11:58 AM	336 km	209 miles	181 nm	W
Lilongwe	Tue 11:58 AM	486 km	302 miles	262 nm	WNW
Beira	Tue 11:58 AM	612 km	380 miles	331 nm	SSW
Moroni	Tue 12:58 PM	692 km	430 miles	374 nm	NE
Mutsamudu	Tue 12:58 PM	764 km	475 miles	413 nm	ENE
Harare	Tue 11:58 AM	803 km	499 miles	434 nm	WSW
Mamoutzou	Tue 12:58 PM	819 km	509 miles	442 nm	ENE
Dar es Salaam	Tue 12:58 PM	943 km	586 miles	509 nm	N
Zanzibar City	Tue 12:58 PM	1014 km	630 miles	547 nm	N