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 07:16:00 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 07:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 09'	South
Longitude:	24° 05'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.75 meters/second, 1550.7 km/hour, 963.6 miles/hour or 837.3 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' 25.5"	16.06 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	16.06 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 35.7"	963.34 mi	west	0° 09' 13.0"	10.56 mi	south	963.05 mi
24 hours	14° 11' 03.5"	947.17 mi	east	3° 12' 55.1"	221.12 mi	south	965.13 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	Mon 9:16 AM	446 km	277 miles	241 nm	E
Lubumbashi	Mon 9:16 AM	533 km	331 miles	288 nm	NE
Rundu *	Mon 9:16 AM	554 km	344 miles	299 nm	SW
Francistown	Mon 9:16 AM	759 km	471 miles	410 nm	SSE
Harare	Mon 9:16 AM	800 km	497 miles	432 nm	ESE
Huambo	Mon 8:16 AM	940 km	584 miles	507 nm	WNW
Mbuji-Mayi	Mon 8:16 AM	1000 km	621 miles	540 nm	N
Lilongwe	Mon 9:16 AM	1052 km	653 miles	568 nm	E
Gaborone	Mon 9:16 AM	1069 km	665 miles	577 nm	S
Windhoek *	Mon 9:16 AM	1102 km	685 miles	595 nm	SW