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 Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 13:06:00 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: 14%

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 Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 13:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 07'	South
Longitude:	27° 54'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.41 meters/second, 1567.5 km/hour, 974.0 miles/hour or 846.4 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' 27.2"	16.23 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.23 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 19.3"	973.90 mi	west	0° 10' 08.7"	11.63 mi	north	974.30 mi
24 hours	12° 38' 48.5"	852.08 mi	east	4° 18' 12.0"	295.80 mi	north	908.21 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
Kitwe	Sun 3:06 PM	48 km	30 miles	26 nm	NE
Ndola	Sun 3:06 PM	80 km	50 miles	43 nm	E
Lubumbashi	Sun 3:06 PM	168 km	104 miles	90 nm	NNW
Lusaka	Sun 3:06 PM	258 km	160 miles	139 nm	S
Harare	Sun 3:06 PM	621 km	386 miles	335 nm	SSE
Lilongwe	Sun 3:06 PM	642 km	399 miles	347 nm	E
Francistown	Sun 3:06 PM	893 km	555 miles	482 nm	S
Mbuji-Mayi	Sun 2:06 PM	907 km	564 miles	490 nm	NNW
Rundu *	Sun 3:06 PM	1022 km	635 miles	552 nm	WSW
Bujumbura	Sun 3:06 PM	1090 km	677 miles	589 nm	N