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 Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 12:20:00 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: 7%

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 Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 12:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 53'	South
Longitude:	25° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.64 meters/second, 1535.9 km/hour, 954.4 miles/hour or 829.3 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' 24.8"	15.91 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	north	15.91 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 54.6"	954.22 mi	west	0° 08' 03.2"	9.23 mi	north	954.60 mi
24 hours	13° 35' 20.1"	899.55 mi	east	3° 38' 37.5"	250.54 mi	north	941.53 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
Lusaka	Sat 2:20 PM	349 km	217 miles	188 nm	ENE
Bulawayo	Sat 2:20 PM	494 km	307 miles	266 nm	SE
Francistown	Sat 2:20 PM	524 km	325 miles	283 nm	SSE
Harare	Sat 2:20 PM	609 km	379 miles	329 nm	E
Rundu *	Sat 2:20 PM	609 km	379 miles	329 nm	WSW
Lubumbashi	Sat 2:20 PM	620 km	386 miles	335 nm	NNE
Molepolole	Sat 2:20 PM	832 km	517 miles	449 nm	S
Gaborone	Sat 2:20 PM	861 km	535 miles	465 nm	S
Lilongwe	Sat 2:20 PM	954 km	593 miles	515 nm	ENE
Rustenburg	Sat 2:20 PM	990 km	615 miles	535 nm	S