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, December 10, 2012 at 06:36:00 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: 14%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, December 10, 2012 at 06:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 03'	South
Longitude:	33° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.99 meters/second, 1551.6 km/hour, 964.1 miles/hour or 837.8 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' 25.7"	16.07 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	16.07 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 39.5"	963.88 mi	west	0° 09' 16.5"	10.63 mi	south	963.59 mi
24 hours	14° 09' 37.2"	946.03 mi	east	3° 14' 38.4"	223.09 mi	south	964.46 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 8:36 AM	117 km	73 miles	63 nm	N
Blantyre	Mon 8:36 AM	162 km	101 miles	87 nm	ESE
Zomba	Mon 8:36 AM	179 km	111 miles	96 nm	ESE
Harare	Mon 8:36 AM	419 km	260 miles	226 nm	SW
Mutare	Mon 8:36 AM	449 km	279 miles	243 nm	SSW
Beira	Mon 8:36 AM	543 km	338 miles	293 nm	SSE
Lusaka	Mon 8:36 AM	589 km	366 miles	318 nm	W
Nampula	Mon 8:36 AM	597 km	371 miles	323 nm	E
Lubumbashi	Mon 8:36 AM	771 km	479 miles	416 nm	WNW
Francistown	Mon 8:36 AM	943 km	586 miles	509 nm	SW