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 12:34:00 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 12:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 30'	South
Longitude:	7° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.33 meters/second, 1509.6 km/hour, 938.0 miles/hour or 815.1 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' 53.0"	937.82 mi	west	0° 05' 08.5"	5.90 mi	north	938.08 mi
24 hours	14° 28' 24.4"	943.82 mi	east	2° 38' 51.6"	182.11 mi	north	968.44 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
Lubango	Fri 1:34 PM	809 km	503 miles	437 nm	NE
Walvis Bay *	Fri 2:34 PM	815 km	507 miles	440 nm	ESE
Windhoek *	Fri 2:34 PM	1047 km	651 miles	566 nm	ESE
Luanda	Fri 1:34 PM	1329 km	826 miles	718 nm	NNE
Jamestown	Fri 12:34 PM	1463 km	909 miles	790 nm	WNW
Kinshasa	Fri 1:34 PM	1879 km	1167 miles	1014 nm	NNE
Brazzaville	Fri 1:34 PM	1883 km	1170 miles	1017 nm	NNE
Cape Town	Fri 2:34 PM	1926 km	1197 miles	1040 nm	SSE
Gaborone	Fri 2:34 PM	1975 km	1227 miles	1067 nm	ESE
São Tomé	Fri 12:34 PM	2197 km	1365 miles	1186 nm	N