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 09:32:00 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 09:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 53'	South
Longitude:	35° 60'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.06 meters/second, 1494.2 km/hour, 928.5 miles/hour or 806.8 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"	15.48 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	15.48 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 37.7"	928.22 mi	west	0° 01' 01.6"	1.18 mi	north	928.27 mi
24 hours	15° 11' 14.5"	981.63 mi	east	1° 07' 55.3"	77.88 mi	north	988.33 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
Beira	Thu 11:32 AM	168 km	104 miles	90 nm	NW
Mutare	Thu 11:32 AM	408 km	253 miles	220 nm	WNW
Blantyre	Thu 11:32 AM	574 km	357 miles	310 nm	N
Harare	Thu 11:32 AM	620 km	385 miles	335 nm	WNW
Maputo	Thu 11:32 AM	662 km	411 miles	357 nm	SSW
Nampula	Thu 11:32 AM	726 km	451 miles	392 nm	NNE
Big Bend	Thu 11:32 AM	774 km	481 miles	418 nm	SSW
Manzini	Thu 11:32 AM	779 km	484 miles	421 nm	SW
Mbabane	Thu 11:32 AM	780 km	484 miles	421 nm	SW
Lilongwe	Thu 11:32 AM	799 km	496 miles	431 nm	NNW