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 Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 12:24:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 32%

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 Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 12:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 55'	South
Longitude:	61° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.27 meters/second, 1509.4 km/hour, 937.9 miles/hour or 815.0 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"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 04.2"	0.08 mi	north	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 55.6"	937.68 mi	west	0° 04' 12.9"	4.83 mi	north	937.90 mi
24 hours	13° 40' 42.5"	889.77 mi	east	2° 13' 51.5"	153.45 mi	north	908.83 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
Port Louis	Sat 4:24 PM	381 km	237 miles	206 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Sat 4:24 PM	603 km	374 miles	325 nm	WSW
Antananarivo	Sat 3:24 PM	1434 km	891 miles	774 nm	W
Victoria	Sat 4:24 PM	1800 km	1118 miles	972 nm	NNW
Diego Garcia	Sat 6:24 PM	1849 km	1149 miles	999 nm	NE
Moroni	Sat 3:24 PM	2113 km	1313 miles	1141 nm	WNW
Dar es Salaam	Sat 3:24 PM	2769 km	1720 miles	1495 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Sat 3:24 PM	2979 km	1851 miles	1608 nm	NW
Lilongwe	Sat 2:24 PM	2983 km	1854 miles	1611 nm	W
Male	Sat 5:24 PM	2988 km	1857 miles	1614 nm	NNE