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, March 3, 2013 at 01:56:00 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: 70%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, February 25, 2013 at 8:26 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 01:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 26'	South
Longitude:	36° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.13 meters/second, 1534.1 km/hour, 953.2 miles/hour or 828.3 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' 26.3"	15.89 mi	west	0° 00' 06.5"	0.13 mi	south	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 20.2"	953.01 mi	west	0° 06' 33.5"	7.52 mi	south	952.76 mi
24 hours	13° 41' 03.4"	903.22 mi	east	2° 05' 54.7"	144.34 mi	south	909.35 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
Blantyre	Sun 3:56 AM	212 km	131 miles	114 nm	NNW
Zomba	Sun 3:56 AM	237 km	147 miles	128 nm	NNW
Beira	Sun 3:56 AM	294 km	182 miles	159 nm	SSW
Mutare	Sun 3:56 AM	394 km	245 miles	213 nm	WSW
Nampula	Sun 3:56 AM	431 km	268 miles	233 nm	NE
Lilongwe	Sun 3:56 AM	451 km	280 miles	243 nm	NNW
Harare	Sun 3:56 AM	529 km	329 miles	286 nm	W
Lusaka	Sun 3:56 AM	863 km	536 miles	466 nm	WNW
Francistown	Sun 3:56 AM	985 km	612 miles	532 nm	WSW
Maputo	Sun 3:56 AM	1009 km	627 miles	545 nm	SSW