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 Monday, April 1, 2013 at 03:34:00 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: 73%
Position of the Moon
On Monday, April 1, 2013 at 03:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 10' | South |
| Longitude: | 10° 04' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.29 meters/second, 1505.8 km/hour, 935.7 miles/hour or 813.1 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' 24.3" | 15.60 mi | west | 0° 00' 01.1" | 0.02 mi | south | 15.60 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 24' 17.7" | 935.45 mi | west | 0° 01' 05.6" | 1.26 mi | south | 935.40 mi |
| 24 hours | 14° 13' 50.1" | 924.14 mi | east | 0° 11' 32.6" | 13.24 mi | north | 924.80 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 |
|---|
| Swakopmund * | Mon 5:34 AM | 539 km | 335 miles | 291 nm | ESE |
| Walvis Bay * | Mon 5:34 AM | 553 km | 344 miles | 299 nm | SE |
| Lubango | Mon 4:34 AM | 685 km | 426 miles | 370 nm | NNE |
| Windhoek * | Mon 5:34 AM | 776 km | 482 miles | 419 nm | ESE |
| Huambo | Mon 4:34 AM | 1017 km | 632 miles | 549 nm | NE |
| Luanda | Mon 4:34 AM | 1299 km | 807 miles | 702 nm | NNE |
| Gaborone | Mon 5:34 AM | 1703 km | 1058 miles | 920 nm | ESE |
| Cape Town | Mon 5:34 AM | 1733 km | 1077 miles | 936 nm | SSE |
| Jamestown | Mon 3:34 AM | 1735 km | 1078 miles | 937 nm | WNW |
| Kinshasa | Mon 4:34 AM | 1843 km | 1145 miles | 995 nm | NNE |
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