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 13:16:00 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 13:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 05'	South
Longitude:	25° 30'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.47 meters/second, 1567.7 km/hour, 974.1 miles/hour or 846.5 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"	16.24 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.24 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 20.2"	974.03 mi	west	0° 10' 09.4"	11.64 mi	north	974.43 mi
24 hours	12° 38' 26.9"	851.77 mi	east	4° 18' 23.5"	296.02 mi	north	907.98 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
Lubumbashi	Sun 3:16 PM	267 km	166 miles	144 nm	NE
Lusaka	Sun 3:16 PM	386 km	240 miles	208 nm	SE
Harare	Sun 3:16 PM	794 km	493 miles	428 nm	SE
Mbuji-Mayi	Sun 2:16 PM	799 km	496 miles	431 nm	NNW
Rundu *	Sun 3:16 PM	815 km	506 miles	440 nm	SW
Lilongwe	Sun 3:16 PM	901 km	560 miles	487 nm	E
Francistown	Sun 3:16 PM	920 km	572 miles	497 nm	SSE
Bujumbura	Sun 3:16 PM	1156 km	718 miles	624 nm	NNE
Gaborone	Sun 3:16 PM	1281 km	796 miles	692 nm	S
Kigali	Sun 3:16 PM	1330 km	827 miles	718 nm	NNE