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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- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Friday, December 14, 2012 at 11:24:00 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, December 14, 2012 at 11:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||19° 36' ||South|
|Longitude: ||24° 20' ||East|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.04 meters/second, 1508.5 km/hour, 937.4 miles/hour or 814.5 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:
|Time||Longitude difference||Latitude difference||Total|
|1 minute||0° 14' 22.7"||15.62 mi||west||0° 00' 04.9"||0.09 mi||north||15.62 mi|
|1 hour||14° 22' 48.0"||937.16 mi||west||0° 04' 58.7"||5.71 mi||north||937.42 mi|
|24 hours||14° 30' 45.9"||945.81 mi||east||2° 35' 23.4"||178.13 mi||north||969.57 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Francistown||Fri 1:24 PM||374 km||232 miles||202 nm|| ESE|
|Bulawayo||Fri 1:24 PM||448 km||279 miles||242 nm|| E|
|Mongu||Fri 1:24 PM||496 km||308 miles||268 nm|| NNW|
|Rundu *||Fri 1:24 PM||517 km||321 miles||279 nm|| WNW|
|Molepolole||Fri 1:24 PM||545 km||339 miles||294 nm|| SSE|
|Gweru||Fri 1:24 PM||575 km||357 miles||310 nm|| E|
|Gaborone||Fri 1:24 PM||582 km||362 miles||314 nm|| SSE|
|Lusaka||Fri 1:24 PM||624 km||388 miles||337 nm|| NE|
|Masvingo||Fri 1:24 PM||682 km||424 miles||368 nm|| E|
|Polokwane||Fri 1:24 PM||711 km||442 miles||384 nm|| SE|
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