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 13:24:00 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 13:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 50'	South
Longitude:	46° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.49 meters/second, 1510.2 km/hour, 938.4 miles/hour or 815.4 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"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 04.2"	0.08 mi	north	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 59.9"	938.17 mi	west	0° 04' 20.6"	4.98 mi	north	938.40 mi
24 hours	13° 38' 50.0"	888.13 mi	east	2° 16' 35.0"	156.58 mi	north	907.83 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
Antsirabe	Sat 4:24 PM	33 km	21 miles	18 nm	E
Antananarivo	Sat 4:24 PM	132 km	82 miles	71 nm	NE
Toamasina	Sat 4:24 PM	339 km	211 miles	183 nm	ENE
Mamoutzou	Sat 4:24 PM	797 km	495 miles	430 nm	NNW
Mutsamudu	Sat 4:24 PM	885 km	550 miles	478 nm	NNW
Saint-Denis	Sat 5:24 PM	919 km	571 miles	496 nm	E
Nampula	Sat 3:24 PM	949 km	589 miles	512 nm	WNW
Moroni	Sat 4:24 PM	975 km	606 miles	526 nm	NNW
Port Louis	Sat 5:24 PM	1128 km	701 miles	609 nm	E
Lilongwe	Sat 3:24 PM	1523 km	946 miles	822 nm	WNW