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 Thursday, December 13, 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 is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM
This phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 08:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 54'	South
Longitude:	47° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.02 meters/second, 1494.1 km/hour, 928.4 miles/hour or 806.7 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' 21.6"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 36.8"	928.13 mi	west	0° 00' 53.5"	1.02 mi	north	928.17 mi
24 hours	15° 12' 04.6"	982.45 mi	east	1° 04' 49.9"	74.34 mi	north	988.71 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
Antsirabe	Thu 11:42 AM	150 km	93 miles	81 nm	NW
Antananarivo	Thu 11:42 AM	224 km	139 miles	121 nm	NNW
Toamasina	Thu 11:42 AM	340 km	211 miles	183 nm	NNE
Saint-Denis	Thu 12:42 PM	780 km	484 miles	421 nm	E
Mamoutzou	Thu 11:42 AM	944 km	586 miles	509 nm	NNW
Port Louis	Thu 12:42 PM	998 km	620 miles	539 nm	E
Moroni	Thu 11:42 AM	1135 km	705 miles	613 nm	NNW
Maputo	Thu 10:42 AM	1667 km	1036 miles	900 nm	WSW
Lilongwe	Thu 10:42 AM	1689 km	1049 miles	912 nm	WNW
Harare	Thu 10:42 AM	1808 km	1123 miles	976 nm	W