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 Friday, December 14, 2012 at 12:24:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

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 Friday, December 14, 2012 at 12:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 31'	South
Longitude:	9° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.28 meters/second, 1509.4 km/hour, 937.9 miles/hour or 815.0 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' 22.7"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	north	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 52.2"	937.72 mi	west	0° 05' 07.1"	5.87 mi	north	937.99 mi
24 hours	14° 28' 44.7"	944.10 mi	east	2° 38' 22.0"	181.54 mi	north	968.60 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
Swakopmund *	Fri 2:24 PM	589 km	366 miles	318 nm	SE
Walvis Bay *	Fri 2:24 PM	606 km	376 miles	327 nm	SE
Lubango	Fri 1:24 PM	633 km	393 miles	342 nm	NE
Windhoek *	Fri 2:24 PM	815 km	506 miles	440 nm	ESE
Huambo	Fri 1:24 PM	968 km	602 miles	523 nm	NE
Luanda	Fri 1:24 PM	1234 km	767 miles	666 nm	NNE
Jamestown	Fri 12:24 PM	1709 km	1062 miles	923 nm	W
Gaborone	Fri 2:24 PM	1740 km	1081 miles	939 nm	ESE
Kinshasa	Fri 1:24 PM	1779 km	1105 miles	960 nm	NNE
Brazzaville	Fri 1:24 PM	1784 km	1108 miles	963 nm	NNE