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 12, 2013 at 10:10:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

Previous phase	New Moon	Friday, January 11, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 10:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 27'	South
Longitude:	37° 02'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.00 meters/second, 1548.0 km/hour, 961.9 miles/hour or 835.8 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' 25.4"	16.03 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	north	16.03 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 23.7"	961.75 mi	west	0° 09' 06.0"	10.43 mi	north	962.16 mi
24 hours	13° 26' 56.5"	896.81 mi	east	4° 00' 59.2"	276.13 mi	north	945.91 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
Zomba	Sat 12:10 PM	182 km	113 miles	98 nm	W
Blantyre	Sat 12:10 PM	220 km	137 miles	119 nm	W
Nampula	Sat 12:10 PM	243 km	151 miles	131 nm	E
Lilongwe	Sat 12:10 PM	386 km	240 miles	208 nm	WNW
Beira	Sat 12:10 PM	538 km	335 miles	291 nm	SSW
Mutare	Sat 12:10 PM	607 km	377 miles	328 nm	SW
Harare	Sat 12:10 PM	690 km	429 miles	373 nm	WSW
Moroni	Sat 1:10 PM	799 km	496 miles	431 nm	ENE
Mutsamudu	Sat 1:10 PM	876 km	544 miles	473 nm	ENE
Mamoutzou	Sat 1:10 PM	934 km	580 miles	504 nm	ENE