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 09:42:00 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: 1%

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 09:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 30'	South
Longitude:	18° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.24 meters/second, 1498.5 km/hour, 931.1 miles/hour or 809.1 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' 02.9"	0.06 mi	south	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 51.3"	930.84 mi	west	0° 02' 48.2"	3.22 mi	south	930.70 mi
24 hours	15° 20' 41.7"	994.35 mi	east	0° 23' 10.3"	26.57 mi	south	993.44 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
Windhoek *	Wed 11:42 AM	259 km	161 miles	140 nm	SSW
Rundu *	Wed 11:42 AM	327 km	203 miles	176 nm	NNE
Swakopmund *	Wed 11:42 AM	455 km	283 miles	246 nm	WSW
Walvis Bay *	Wed 11:42 AM	474 km	295 miles	256 nm	SW
Lubango	Wed 10:42 AM	797 km	495 miles	431 nm	NW
Molepolole	Wed 11:42 AM	863 km	536 miles	466 nm	ESE
Huambo	Wed 10:42 AM	895 km	556 miles	483 nm	NNW
Gaborone	Wed 11:42 AM	912 km	567 miles	492 nm	ESE
Francistown	Wed 11:42 AM	966 km	600 miles	522 nm	E
Rustenburg	Wed 11:42 AM	1084 km	673 miles	585 nm	ESE