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 Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 09:46:00 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: 3%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 09:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 26' | South |
| Longitude: | 13° 43' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.69 meters/second, 1500.1 km/hour, 932.1 miles/hour or 810.0 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' 22.5" | 15.54 mi | west | 0° 00' 02.9" | 0.05 mi | north | 15.54 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 22' 29.2" | 931.87 mi | west | 0° 02' 56.0" | 3.36 mi | north | 932.02 mi |
| 24 hours | 14° 49' 54.2" | 961.47 mi | east | 1° 50' 42.4" | 126.93 mi | north | 975.35 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 |
|---|
| Swakopmund * | Thu 11:46 AM | 262 km | 163 miles | 142 nm |  SSE |
| Walvis Bay * | Thu 11:46 AM | 290 km | 181 miles | 157 nm | SSE |
| Windhoek * | Thu 11:46 AM | 423 km | 263 miles | 228 nm |  SE |
| Lubango | Thu 10:46 AM | 611 km | 380 miles | 330 nm |  N |
| Rundu * | Thu 11:46 AM | 695 km | 432 miles | 375 nm |  ENE |
| Huambo | Thu 10:46 AM | 875 km | 544 miles | 472 nm |  NNE |
| Luanda | Thu 10:46 AM | 1285 km | 798 miles | 694 nm | N |
| Gaborone | Thu 11:46 AM | 1338 km | 831 miles | 722 nm |  ESE |
| Cape Town | Thu 11:46 AM | 1565 km | 972 miles | 845 nm | SSE |
| Pretoria | Thu 11:46 AM | 1594 km | 990 miles | 861 nm | ESE |
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