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 Monday, October 22, 2012 at 15:32:00 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: 56%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Monday, October 22, 2012 at 3:32 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7:50 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, October 22, 2012 at 15:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 01'	South
Longitude:	42° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.63 meters/second, 1564.7 km/hour, 972.2 miles/hour or 844.8 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' 28.9"	16.20 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.21 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 01.2"	972.13 mi	west	0° 09' 11.8"	10.54 mi	north	972.51 mi
24 hours	12° 03' 11.7"	809.04 mi	east	3° 56' 42.9"	271.21 mi	north	859.24 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
Moroni	Mon 6:32 PM	281 km	174 miles	152 nm	NNE
Mutsamudu	Mon 6:32 PM	303 km	189 miles	164 nm	NE
Mamoutzou	Mon 6:32 PM	342 km	213 miles	185 nm	ENE
Nampula	Mon 5:32 PM	353 km	219 miles	191 nm	WSW
Antananarivo	Mon 6:32 PM	775 km	481 miles	418 nm	SE
Antsirabe	Mon 6:32 PM	818 km	508 miles	442 nm	SE
Dar es Salaam	Mon 6:32 PM	863 km	536 miles	466 nm	NNW
Toamasina	Mon 6:32 PM	884 km	549 miles	477 nm	ESE
Lilongwe	Mon 5:32 PM	925 km	575 miles	499 nm	W
Zanzibar City	Mon 6:32 PM	934 km	580 miles	504 nm	NNW