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 09:46:00 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 09:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 42'	South
Longitude:	36° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.52 meters/second, 1506.7 km/hour, 936.2 miles/hour or 813.5 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' 22.3"	15.60 mi	west	0° 00' 04.7"	0.09 mi	south	15.60 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 14.3"	935.96 mi	west	0° 04' 40.9"	5.37 mi	south	935.74 mi
24 hours	15° 12' 37.1"	990.61 mi	east	1° 09' 34.7"	79.78 mi	south	990.17 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 11:46 AM	174 km	108 miles	94 nm	W
Mutare	Wed 11:46 AM	410 km	255 miles	221 nm	W
Blantyre	Wed 11:46 AM	461 km	287 miles	249 nm	NNW
Nampula	Wed 11:46 AM	587 km	365 miles	317 nm	NNE
Harare	Wed 11:46 AM	610 km	379 miles	329 nm	WNW
Lilongwe	Wed 11:46 AM	696 km	432 miles	376 nm	NNW
Maputo	Wed 11:46 AM	801 km	497 miles	432 nm	SSW
Big Bend	Wed 11:46 AM	913 km	567 miles	493 nm	SSW
Mbabane	Wed 11:46 AM	915 km	568 miles	494 nm	SW
Manzini	Wed 11:46 AM	916 km	569 miles	495 nm	SSW