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 08:52:00 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	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 08:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 54'	South
Longitude:	45° 34'	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' 37.0"	928.14 mi	west	0° 00' 55.0"	1.05 mi	north	928.19 mi
24 hours	15° 11' 54.8"	982.28 mi	east	1° 05' 27.0"	75.05 mi	north	988.64 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 11:52 AM	191 km	118 miles	103 nm	NE
Antananarivo	Thu 11:52 AM	299 km	186 miles	162 nm	NE
Toamasina	Thu 11:52 AM	504 km	313 miles	272 nm	NE
Mamoutzou	Thu 11:52 AM	898 km	558 miles	485 nm	N
Nampula	Thu 10:52 AM	924 km	574 miles	499 nm	NW
Mutsamudu	Thu 11:52 AM	974 km	605 miles	526 nm	N
Saint-Denis	Thu 12:52 PM	1028 km	639 miles	555 nm	E
Moroni	Thu 11:52 AM	1049 km	652 miles	566 nm	NNW
Port Louis	Thu 12:52 PM	1247 km	775 miles	673 nm	E
Maputo	Thu 10:52 AM	1440 km	895 miles	777 nm	WSW