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 11:08:00 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 11:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 49'	South
Longitude:	16° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.22 meters/second, 1505.6 km/hour, 935.5 miles/hour or 813.0 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' 22.1"	15.59 mi	west	0° 00' 04.5"	0.09 mi	south	15.59 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 11.1"	935.28 mi	west	0° 04' 28.5"	5.13 mi	south	935.07 mi
24 hours	15° 13' 04.3"	990.44 mi	east	1° 04' 26.0"	73.88 mi	south	989.80 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
Windhoek *	Wed 1:08 PM	306 km	190 miles	165 nm	S
Rundu *	Wed 1:08 PM	372 km	231 miles	201 nm	NE
Swakopmund *	Wed 1:08 PM	398 km	248 miles	215 nm	SW
Walvis Bay *	Wed 1:08 PM	424 km	264 miles	229 nm	SW
Lubango	Wed 12:08 PM	648 km	403 miles	350 nm	NNW
Huambo	Wed 12:08 PM	788 km	489 miles	425 nm	N
Gaborone	Wed 1:08 PM	1077 km	669 miles	581 nm	ESE
Rustenburg	Wed 1:08 PM	1248 km	776 miles	674 nm	ESE
Luanda	Wed 12:08 PM	1275 km	792 miles	689 nm	NNW
Lusaka	Wed 1:08 PM	1306 km	811 miles	705 nm	ENE