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 18:06:00 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: 57%

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 18:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 37'	South
Longitude:	5° 09'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.46 meters/second, 1567.7 km/hour, 974.1 miles/hour or 846.5 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' 29.1"	16.24 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.24 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 13.2"	974.01 mi	west	0° 09' 21.8"	10.73 mi	north	974.38 mi
24 hours	11° 58' 51.1"	805.55 mi	east	3° 59' 56.9"	274.90 mi	north	856.96 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
Lubango	Mon 7:06 PM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	E
Luanda	Mon 7:06 PM	1028 km	639 miles	555 nm	ENE
Jamestown	Mon 6:06 PM	1198 km	744 miles	647 nm	WSW
Kinshasa	Mon 7:06 PM	1517 km	942 miles	819 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Mon 7:06 PM	1519 km	944 miles	820 nm	NE
São Tomé	Mon 6:06 PM	1553 km	965 miles	839 nm	N
Windhoek *	Mon 8:06 PM	1604 km	997 miles	866 nm	SE
Libreville	Mon 7:06 PM	1620 km	1007 miles	875 nm	NNE
Malabo	Mon 7:06 PM	1963 km	1219 miles	1060 nm	NNE
Yaoundé	Mon 7:06 PM	2056 km	1277 miles	1110 nm	NNE