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, February 3, 2013 at 03:58:00 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: 55%
Position of the Moon
On Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 03:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 15° 37' | South |
| Longitude: | 23° 06' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.70 meters/second, 1550.5 km/hour, 963.5 miles/hour or 837.2 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' 27.5" | 16.06 mi | west | 0° 00' 08.2" | 0.16 mi | south | 16.06 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 27' 26.5" | 963.25 mi | west | 0° 08' 12.6" | 9.41 mi | south | 962.97 mi |
| 24 hours | 13° 20' 40.1" | 889.13 mi | east | 2° 50' 30.8" | 195.44 mi | south | 903.97 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 |
|---|
| Rundu * | Sun 5:58 AM | 437 km | 272 miles | 236 nm | SW |
| Lusaka | Sun 5:58 AM | 552 km | 343 miles | 298 nm | E |
| Lubumbashi | Sun 5:58 AM | 645 km | 401 miles | 348 nm | NE |
| Francistown | Sun 5:58 AM | 772 km | 480 miles | 417 nm | SE |
| Huambo | Sun 4:58 AM | 854 km | 531 miles | 461 nm | WNW |
| Harare | Sun 5:58 AM | 883 km | 548 miles | 477 nm | ESE |
| Windhoek * | Sun 5:58 AM | 995 km | 618 miles | 537 nm | SW |
| Molepolole | Sun 5:58 AM | 1006 km | 625 miles | 543 nm | SSE |
| Gaborone | Sun 5:58 AM | 1043 km | 648 miles | 563 nm | SSE |
| Lilongwe | Sun 5:58 AM | 1163 km | 723 miles | 628 nm | E |
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