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 Monday, November 19, 2012 at 14:42:00 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: 40%

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 Monday, November 19, 2012 at 14:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 15'	South
Longitude:	36° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.58 meters/second, 1582.5 km/hour, 983.3 miles/hour or 854.5 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' 29.5"	16.39 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	north	16.39 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 30.9"	983.26 mi	west	0° 10' 22.7"	11.89 mi	north	983.63 mi
24 hours	11° 50' 30.0"	803.47 mi	east	4° 19' 21.8"	297.10 mi	north	861.55 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
Lilongwe	Mon 4:42 PM	419 km	260 miles	226 nm	SW
Blantyre	Mon 4:42 PM	525 km	327 miles	284 nm	SSW
Nampula	Mon 4:42 PM	526 km	327 miles	284 nm	SE
Dodoma	Mon 5:42 PM	566 km	352 miles	306 nm	N
Dar es Salaam	Mon 5:42 PM	582 km	361 miles	314 nm	NNE
Zanzibar City	Mon 5:42 PM	639 km	397 miles	345 nm	NNE
Moroni	Mon 5:42 PM	752 km	468 miles	406 nm	E
Mombasa	Mon 5:42 PM	872 km	542 miles	471 nm	NNE
Mutsamudu	Mon 5:42 PM	874 km	543 miles	472 nm	E
Harare	Mon 4:42 PM	931 km	579 miles	503 nm	SW