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 12:02:00 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	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 12:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 35'	South
Longitude:	8° 18'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.44 meters/second, 1546.0 km/hour, 960.6 miles/hour or 834.8 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' 24.7"	16.01 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	16.01 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 46.6"	960.42 mi	west	0° 09' 07.9"	10.47 mi	south	960.12 mi
24 hours	14° 20' 49.3"	956.03 mi	east	3° 06' 57.4"	214.29 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
Lubango	Tue 1:02 PM	563 km	350 miles	304 nm	E
Huambo	Tue 1:02 PM	861 km	535 miles	465 nm	ENE
Luanda	Tue 1:02 PM	919 km	571 miles	496 nm	NE
Windhoek *	Tue 2:02 PM	1206 km	749 miles	651 nm	SE
Kinshasa	Tue 1:02 PM	1463 km	909 miles	790 nm	NNE
Brazzaville	Tue 1:02 PM	1467 km	912 miles	792 nm	NNE
Jamestown	Tue 12:02 PM	1502 km	933 miles	811 nm	W
São Tomé	Tue 12:02 PM	1769 km	1099 miles	955 nm	N
Libreville	Tue 1:02 PM	1772 km	1101 miles	957 nm	N
Gaborone	Tue 2:02 PM	2095 km	1301 miles	1131 nm	ESE