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 02:44:00 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 02:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 31'	South
Longitude:	24° 28'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.91 meters/second, 1533.3 km/hour, 952.7 miles/hour or 827.9 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"	0.12 mi	south	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 17.7"	952.51 mi	west	0° 06' 28.4"	7.42 mi	south	952.25 mi
24 hours	13° 41' 54.9"	903.73 mi	east	2° 03' 39.5"	141.76 mi	south	909.52 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 4:44 AM	469 km	291 miles	253 nm	ENE
Rundu *	Sun 4:44 AM	500 km	311 miles	270 nm	W
Francistown	Sun 4:44 AM	516 km	320 miles	278 nm	SE
Bulawayo	Sun 4:44 AM	523 km	325 miles	282 nm	SE
Kitwe	Sun 4:44 AM	659 km	409 miles	356 nm	NE
Ndola	Sun 4:44 AM	673 km	418 miles	363 nm	NE
Harare	Sun 4:44 AM	699 km	435 miles	378 nm	E
Lubumbashi	Sun 4:44 AM	725 km	450 miles	391 nm	NNE
Molepolole	Sun 4:44 AM	770 km	479 miles	416 nm	S
Gaborone	Sun 4:44 AM	804 km	500 miles	434 nm	S