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 12:24:00 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: 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 12:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 53'	South
Longitude:	24° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.66 meters/second, 1536.0 km/hour, 954.4 miles/hour or 829.4 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' 54.8"	954.27 mi	west	0° 08' 03.6"	9.24 mi	north	954.65 mi
24 hours	13° 35' 10.8"	899.42 mi	east	3° 38' 45.8"	250.70 mi	north	941.44 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
Lusaka	Sat 2:24 PM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	ENE
Rundu *	Sat 2:24 PM	510 km	317 miles	275 nm	WSW
Bulawayo	Sat 2:24 PM	568 km	353 miles	307 nm	SE
Francistown	Sat 2:24 PM	575 km	357 miles	310 nm	SSE
Lubumbashi	Sat 2:24 PM	664 km	413 miles	359 nm	NNE
Harare	Sat 2:24 PM	710 km	441 miles	383 nm	E
Molepolole	Sat 2:24 PM	841 km	522 miles	454 nm	S
Gaborone	Sat 2:24 PM	874 km	543 miles	472 nm	S
Windhoek *	Sat 2:24 PM	994 km	617 miles	537 nm	SW
Rustenburg	Sat 2:24 PM	1015 km	631 miles	548 nm	SSE