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 Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 11:24:00 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: 4%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 11:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 53' | South |
| Longitude: | 28° 14' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.18 meters/second, 1494.7 km/hour, 928.7 miles/hour or 807.1 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' 21.8" | 15.48 mi | west | 0° 00' 00.7" | 0.01 mi | south | 15.48 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 21' 55.2" | 928.50 mi | west | 0° 00' 39.4" | 0.76 mi | south | 928.47 mi |
| 24 hours | 15° 05' 10.5" | 975.06 mi | east | 0° 27' 31.4" | 31.56 mi | north | 977.05 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 |
|---|
| Francistown | Thu 1:24 PM | 82 km | 51 miles | 44 nm |  WSW |
| Bulawayo | Thu 1:24 PM | 89 km | 55 miles | 48 nm |  NNE |
| Harare | Thu 1:24 PM | 450 km | 279 miles | 243 nm |  NE |
| Molepolole | Thu 1:24 PM | 479 km | 298 miles | 259 nm |  SW |
| Gaborone | Thu 1:24 PM | 480 km | 298 miles | 259 nm |  SSW |
| Mutare | Thu 1:24 PM | 509 km | 317 miles | 275 nm |  ENE |
| Pretoria | Thu 1:24 PM | 538 km | 334 miles | 290 nm |  S |
| Rustenburg | Thu 1:24 PM | 539 km | 335 miles | 291 nm | S |
| Nelspruit | Thu 1:24 PM | 580 km | 360 miles | 313 nm |  SSE |
| Johannesburg | Thu 1:24 PM | 589 km | 366 miles | 318 nm | S |
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