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 Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 14:32:00 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: 29%

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 Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 14:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 08'	South
Longitude:	26° 13'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.58 meters/second, 1553.7 km/hour, 965.4 miles/hour or 838.9 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' 27.2"	16.09 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	16.09 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 20.4"	965.31 mi	west	0° 08' 53.1"	10.18 mi	north	965.70 mi
24 hours	12° 38' 20.5"	844.04 mi	east	3° 51' 51.5"	265.67 mi	north	891.56 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
Lusaka	Sun 4:32 PM	224 km	139 miles	121 nm	E
Kitwe	Sun 4:32 PM	337 km	209 miles	182 nm	NE
Ndola	Sun 4:32 PM	354 km	220 miles	191 nm	NE
Lubumbashi	Sun 4:32 PM	409 km	254 miles	221 nm	NNE
Harare	Sun 4:32 PM	596 km	370 miles	322 nm	ESE
Bulawayo	Sun 4:32 PM	609 km	379 miles	329 nm	SSE
Francistown	Sun 4:32 PM	682 km	424 miles	368 nm	SSE
Rundu *	Sun 4:32 PM	753 km	468 miles	407 nm	WSW
Lilongwe	Sun 4:32 PM	825 km	513 miles	445 nm	E
Gaborone	Sun 4:32 PM	1054 km	655 miles	569 nm	S