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 02:34:00 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 02:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 30'	South
Longitude:	26° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.95 meters/second, 1533.4 km/hour, 952.8 miles/hour or 828.0 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' 26.3"	15.88 mi	west	0° 00' 06.4"	0.13 mi	south	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 18.3"	952.61 mi	west	0° 06' 29.4"	7.44 mi	south	952.36 mi
24 hours	13° 41' 44.2"	903.63 mi	east	2° 04' 07.8"	142.30 mi	south	909.48 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
Lusaka	Sun 4:34 AM	275 km	171 miles	149 nm	NNE
Bulawayo	Sun 4:34 AM	345 km	214 miles	186 nm	SSE
Francistown	Sun 4:34 AM	412 km	256 miles	222 nm	S
Harare	Sun 4:34 AM	445 km	276 miles	240 nm	E
Ndola	Sun 4:34 AM	535 km	332 miles	289 nm	NNE
Kitwe	Sun 4:34 AM	539 km	335 miles	291 nm	NNE
Mutare	Sun 4:34 AM	634 km	394 miles	342 nm	ESE
Lubumbashi	Sun 4:34 AM	649 km	404 miles	351 nm	N
Rundu *	Sun 4:34 AM	755 km	469 miles	408 nm	W
Molepolole	Sun 4:34 AM	777 km	483 miles	420 nm	S