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, January 5, 2013 at 03:48:00 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: 50%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 3:58 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 03:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 54'	South
Longitude:	30° 14'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.00 meters/second, 1594.8 km/hour, 991.0 miles/hour or 861.1 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' 29.8"	16.52 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	south	16.52 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 53.1"	990.84 mi	west	0° 11' 01.4"	12.63 mi	south	990.67 mi
24 hours	12° 23' 03.0"	846.39 mi	east	4° 12' 03.0"	288.76 mi	south	888.97 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	Sat 5:48 AM	428 km	266 miles	231 nm	SW
Ndola	Sat 5:48 AM	483 km	300 miles	261 nm	SSW
Kitwe	Sat 5:48 AM	484 km	301 miles	262 nm	SSW
Gitega	Sat 5:48 AM	606 km	377 miles	327 nm	N
Bujumbura	Sat 5:48 AM	620 km	385 miles	335 nm	N
Muyinga	Sat 5:48 AM	670 km	416 miles	362 nm	N
Dodoma	Sat 6:48 AM	679 km	422 miles	367 nm	ENE
Lilongwe	Sat 5:48 AM	682 km	424 miles	369 nm	SE
Butare	Sat 5:48 AM	699 km	434 miles	377 nm	N
Lusaka	Sat 5:48 AM	751 km	467 miles	406 nm	SSW