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 12:26:00 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 12:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 39'	South
Longitude:	2° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.30 meters/second, 1545.5 km/hour, 960.3 miles/hour or 834.5 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' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	16.01 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 45.1"	960.11 mi	west	0° 09' 05.5"	10.42 mi	south	959.81 mi
24 hours	14° 21' 19.4"	956.30 mi	east	3° 05' 47.3"	212.95 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
Jamestown	Tue 12:26 PM	884 km	550 miles	478 nm	W
Luanda	Tue 1:26 PM	1386 km	861 miles	748 nm	ENE
Windhoek *	Tue 2:26 PM	1712 km	1064 miles	925 nm	ESE
São Tomé	Tue 12:26 PM	1827 km	1135 miles	987 nm	NNE
Kinshasa	Tue 1:26 PM	1877 km	1167 miles	1014 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Tue 1:26 PM	1880 km	1168 miles	1015 nm	NE
Libreville	Tue 1:26 PM	1930 km	1199 miles	1042 nm	NNE
Malabo	Tue 1:26 PM	2254 km	1400 miles	1217 nm	NNE
Accra	Tue 12:26 PM	2363 km	1468 miles	1276 nm	N
Yaoundé	Tue 1:26 PM	2373 km	1474 miles	1281 nm	NNE