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 09:56:00 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 09:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 53'	South
Longitude:	30° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.08 meters/second, 1494.3 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' 38.1"	928.26 mi	west	0° 01' 05.4"	1.25 mi	north	928.32 mi
24 hours	15° 10' 49.8"	981.23 mi	east	1° 09' 23.8"	79.57 mi	north	988.14 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
Bulawayo	Thu 11:56 AM	191 km	119 miles	103 nm	WNW
Francistown	Thu 11:56 AM	286 km	178 miles	155 nm	W
Mutare	Thu 11:56 AM	329 km	204 miles	177 nm	NE
Harare	Thu 11:56 AM	348 km	216 miles	188 nm	NNE
Beira	Thu 11:56 AM	493 km	306 miles	266 nm	ENE
Nelspruit	Thu 11:56 AM	514 km	319 miles	277 nm	S
Pretoria	Thu 11:56 AM	579 km	360 miles	313 nm	SSW
Mbabane	Thu 11:56 AM	609 km	379 miles	329 nm	S
Gaborone	Thu 11:56 AM	611 km	380 miles	330 nm	SW
Maputo	Thu 11:56 AM	612 km	380 miles	330 nm	SSE