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 Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 04:36:00 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: 50%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 9:28 AM
This phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 4:37 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 9:36 AM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 04:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 26'	South
Longitude:	23° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.45 meters/second, 1524.4 km/hour, 947.2 miles/hour or 823.1 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' 25.8"	15.79 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	north	15.79 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 47.2"	947.06 mi	west	0° 05' 17.1"	6.06 mi	north	947.32 mi
24 hours	13° 25' 10.0"	880.78 mi	east	2° 36' 30.2"	179.39 mi	north	905.08 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 *	Wed 6:36 AM	382 km	237 miles	206 nm	W
Francistown	Wed 6:36 AM	533 km	331 miles	288 nm	SE
Bulawayo	Wed 6:36 AM	584 km	363 miles	315 nm	ESE
Lusaka	Wed 6:36 AM	623 km	387 miles	337 nm	ENE
Molepolole	Wed 6:36 AM	699 km	434 miles	378 nm	SSE
Gaborone	Wed 6:36 AM	739 km	459 miles	399 nm	SSE
Windhoek *	Wed 6:36 AM	795 km	494 miles	429 nm	SW
Kitwe	Wed 6:36 AM	813 km	505 miles	439 nm	NE
Harare	Wed 6:36 AM	819 km	509 miles	442 nm	E
Lubumbashi	Wed 6:36 AM	871 km	541 miles	471 nm	NNE