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 Wednesday, December 12, 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

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 Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 08:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 27'	South
Longitude:	32° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.39 meters/second, 1499.0 km/hour, 931.4 miles/hour or 809.4 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' 21.8"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	south	15.53 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 53.5"	931.18 mi	west	0° 02' 57.6"	3.40 mi	south	931.04 mi
24 hours	15° 20' 25.1"	994.37 mi	east	0° 27' 01.4"	30.99 mi	south	993.38 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
Mutare	Wed 10:42 AM	163 km	101 miles	88 nm	N
Beira	Wed 10:42 AM	242 km	150 miles	130 nm	ENE
Harare	Wed 10:42 AM	333 km	207 miles	180 nm	NNW
Bulawayo	Wed 10:42 AM	423 km	263 miles	228 nm	W
Francistown	Wed 10:42 AM	538 km	334 miles	290 nm	W
Blantyre	Wed 10:42 AM	574 km	357 miles	310 nm	NNE
Nelspruit	Wed 10:42 AM	581 km	361 miles	314 nm	SSW
Maputo	Wed 10:42 AM	611 km	380 miles	330 nm	S
Mbabane	Wed 10:42 AM	668 km	415 miles	361 nm	SSW
Manzini	Wed 10:42 AM	682 km	424 miles	368 nm	S