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 Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 14:24:00 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: 19%

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 Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 14:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 16'	South
Longitude:	14° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.49 meters/second, 1524.6 km/hour, 947.3 miles/hour or 823.2 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' 25.0"	15.79 mi	west	0° 00' 06.4"	0.12 mi	north	15.79 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 01.9"	947.17 mi	west	0° 06' 34.6"	7.54 mi	north	947.50 mi
24 hours	13° 32' 57.1"	890.17 mi	east	3° 05' 56.6"	213.12 mi	north	922.59 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
Lubango	Sat 3:24 PM	388 km	241 miles	209 nm	NNW
Swakopmund *	Sat 4:24 PM	489 km	304 miles	264 nm	S
Walvis Bay *	Sat 4:24 PM	520 km	323 miles	281 nm	S
Windhoek *	Sat 4:24 PM	544 km	338 miles	294 nm	SSE
Rundu *	Sat 4:24 PM	549 km	341 miles	297 nm	E
Huambo	Sat 3:24 PM	619 km	385 miles	334 nm	NNE
Luanda	Sat 3:24 PM	1053 km	654 miles	569 nm	N
Gaborone	Sat 4:24 PM	1369 km	851 miles	739 nm	ESE
Lusaka	Sat 4:24 PM	1490 km	926 miles	804 nm	E
Kinshasa	Sat 3:24 PM	1544 km	959 miles	833 nm	N