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 15:48:00 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: 34%

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 15:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 40'	South
Longitude:	12° 07'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.03 meters/second, 1512.1 km/hour, 939.6 miles/hour or 816.5 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' 25.0"	15.66 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	north	15.66 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 10.4"	939.40 mi	west	0° 04' 38.5"	5.32 mi	north	939.64 mi
24 hours	13° 34' 17.0"	884.17 mi	east	2° 23' 00.6"	163.94 mi	north	905.42 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
Swakopmund *	Sat 5:48 PM	418 km	259 miles	225 nm	SE
Walvis Bay *	Sat 5:48 PM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	SSE
Lubango	Sat 4:48 PM	545 km	339 miles	294 nm	NNE
Windhoek *	Sat 5:48 PM	610 km	379 miles	329 nm	ESE
Rundu *	Sat 5:48 PM	829 km	515 miles	448 nm	ENE
Huambo	Sat 4:48 PM	854 km	531 miles	461 nm	NNE
Luanda	Sat 4:48 PM	1204 km	748 miles	650 nm	N
Gaborone	Sat 5:48 PM	1525 km	948 miles	824 nm	ESE
Cape Town	Sat 5:48 PM	1699 km	1056 miles	917 nm	SSE
Kinshasa	Sat 4:48 PM	1732 km	1076 miles	935 nm	NNE