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 13:48:00 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: 33%

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 13:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 49'	South
Longitude:	40° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.58 meters/second, 1510.5 km/hour, 938.6 miles/hour or 815.6 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° 25' 01.7"	938.37 mi	west	0° 04' 23.5"	5.04 mi	north	938.60 mi
24 hours	13° 38' 04.7"	887.47 mi	east	2° 17' 39.9"	157.82 mi	north	907.43 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	Sat 3:48 PM	550 km	342 miles	297 nm	NNW
Antsirabe	Sat 4:48 PM	637 km	396 miles	344 nm	E
Beira	Sat 3:48 PM	641 km	398 miles	346 nm	W
Antananarivo	Sat 4:48 PM	697 km	433 miles	376 nm	E
Mamoutzou	Sat 4:48 PM	902 km	561 miles	487 nm	NNE
Toamasina	Sat 4:48 PM	909 km	565 miles	491 nm	E
Mutsamudu	Sat 4:48 PM	923 km	574 miles	498 nm	NNE
Moroni	Sat 4:48 PM	936 km	582 miles	505 nm	NNE
Lilongwe	Sat 3:48 PM	1000 km	621 miles	540 nm	NW
Harare	Sat 3:48 PM	1066 km	663 miles	576 nm	W