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 12:24:00 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 12:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 54' | South |
| Longitude: | 13° 52' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.16 meters/second, 1494.6 km/hour, 928.7 miles/hour or 807.0 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' 21.8" | 15.48 mi | west | 0° 00' 00.6" | 0.01 mi | south | 15.48 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 21' 56.1" | 928.45 mi | west | 0° 00' 29.9" | 0.57 mi | south | 928.42 mi |
| 24 hours | 15° 04' 13.0" | 973.96 mi | east | 0° 31' 14.1" | 35.82 mi | north | 976.29 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 |
|---|
| Swakopmund * | Thu 2:24 PM | 208 km | 130 miles | 113 nm |  SSE |
| Walvis Bay * | Thu 2:24 PM | 237 km | 147 miles | 128 nm | SSE |
| Windhoek * | Thu 2:24 PM | 382 km | 237 miles | 206 nm |  ESE |
| Lubango | Thu 1:24 PM | 663 km | 412 miles | 358 nm |  N |
| Rundu * | Thu 2:24 PM | 702 km | 436 miles | 379 nm |  ENE |
| Huambo | Thu 1:24 PM | 921 km | 572 miles | 497 nm |  NNE |
| Gaborone | Thu 2:24 PM | 1304 km | 810 miles | 704 nm | ESE |
| Luanda | Thu 1:24 PM | 1337 km | 831 miles | 722 nm | N |
| Cape Town | Thu 2:24 PM | 1511 km | 939 miles | 816 nm | SSE |
| Pretoria | Thu 2:24 PM | 1559 km | 968 miles | 842 nm | ESE |
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