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 Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 09:36:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10:08 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 2:32 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 09:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 42'	South
Longitude:	38° 53'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.56 meters/second, 1506.8 km/hour, 936.3 miles/hour or 813.6 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' 22.3"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 04.7"	0.09 mi	south	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 14.6"	936.04 mi	west	0° 04' 42.3"	5.40 mi	south	935.83 mi
24 hours	15° 12' 33.5"	990.62 mi	east	1° 10' 12.3"	80.50 mi	south	990.21 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
Beira	Wed 11:36 AM	424 km	264 miles	229 nm	W
Nampula	Wed 11:36 AM	508 km	316 miles	274 nm	N
Blantyre	Wed 11:36 AM	596 km	371 miles	322 nm	NW
Mutare	Wed 11:36 AM	659 km	409 miles	356 nm	W
Lilongwe	Wed 11:36 AM	834 km	518 miles	450 nm	NW
Harare	Wed 11:36 AM	851 km	529 miles	460 nm	WNW
Antsirabe	Wed 12:36 PM	854 km	531 miles	461 nm	E
Antananarivo	Wed 12:36 PM	912 km	566 miles	492 nm	E
Maputo	Wed 11:36 AM	949 km	589 miles	512 nm	SW
Moroni	Wed 12:36 PM	1007 km	626 miles	544 nm	NNE