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 09:46:00 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 09:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 53'	South
Longitude:	32° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.07 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' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	15.48 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 37.8"	928.24 mi	west	0° 01' 03.8"	1.22 mi	north	928.30 mi
24 hours	15° 11' 00.2"	981.39 mi	east	1° 08' 47.0"	78.87 mi	north	988.22 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	Thu 11:46 AM	211 km	131 miles	114 nm	N
Beira	Thu 11:46 AM	257 km	160 miles	139 nm	ENE
Harare	Thu 11:46 AM	377 km	234 miles	204 nm	NNW
Bulawayo	Thu 11:46 AM	431 km	268 miles	233 nm	W
Francistown	Thu 11:46 AM	534 km	332 miles	289 nm	W
Nelspruit	Thu 11:46 AM	536 km	333 miles	289 nm	SSW
Maputo	Thu 11:46 AM	563 km	350 miles	304 nm	S
Blantyre	Thu 11:46 AM	617 km	383 miles	333 nm	NNE
Mbabane	Thu 11:46 AM	621 km	386 miles	336 nm	SSW
Manzini	Thu 11:46 AM	635 km	395 miles	343 nm	SSW