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 Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 08:42:00 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: 6%

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 Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 08:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 31'	South
Longitude:	17° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.07 meters/second, 1519.4 km/hour, 944.1 miles/hour or 820.4 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' 23.4"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 06.4"	0.12 mi	south	15.74 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 20.1"	943.88 mi	west	0° 06' 24.9"	7.36 mi	south	943.62 mi
24 hours	14° 58' 27.7"	982.26 mi	east	1° 55' 31.5"	132.45 mi	south	985.48 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
Rundu *	Tue 10:42 AM	234 km	145 miles	126 nm	ENE
Windhoek *	Tue 10:42 AM	452 km	281 miles	244 nm	S
Swakopmund *	Tue 10:42 AM	564 km	350 miles	304 nm	SW
Walvis Bay *	Tue 10:42 AM	590 km	367 miles	319 nm	SSW
Lubango	Tue 9:42 AM	596 km	370 miles	322 nm	NW
Huambo	Tue 9:42 AM	668 km	415 miles	361 nm	NNW
Gaborone	Tue 10:42 AM	1092 km	679 miles	590 nm	SE
Luanda	Tue 9:42 AM	1173 km	729 miles	633 nm	NNW
Lusaka	Tue 10:42 AM	1182 km	734 miles	638 nm	ENE
Rustenburg	Tue 10:42 AM	1267 km	787 miles	684 nm	SE