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, January 26, 2009 at 07:58:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

This phase	New Moon	Monday, January 26, 2009 at 7:56 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, February 2, 2009 at 11:13 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, February 9, 2009 at 2:49 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, January 26, 2009 at 07:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 53'	South
Longitude:	63° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.56 meters/second, 1532.0 km/hour, 952.0 miles/hour or 827.2 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' 32.4"	15.87 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.20 mi	north	15.87 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 24.4"	951.71 mi	west	0° 10' 16.5"	11.78 mi	north	952.27 mi
24 hours	10° 49' 50.5"	709.00 mi	east	4° 28' 13.9"	307.44 mi	north	780.74 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
Port Louis *	Mon 12:58 PM	641 km	398 miles	346 nm	WSW
Saint-Denis	Mon 11:58 AM	866 km	538 miles	468 nm	WSW
Diego Garcia	Mon 1:58 PM	1605 km	997 miles	867 nm	NE
Antananarivo	Mon 10:58 AM	1679 km	1043 miles	906 nm	W
Victoria	Mon 11:58 AM	1802 km	1120 miles	973 nm	NNW
Moroni	Mon 10:58 AM	2304 km	1431 miles	1244 nm	WNW
Male	Mon 12:58 PM	2779 km	1727 miles	1501 nm	NNE
Dar es Salaam	Mon 10:58 AM	2938 km	1826 miles	1586 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Mon 10:58 AM	3048 km	1894 miles	1646 nm	NW
Lilongwe	Mon 9:58 AM	3212 km	1996 miles	1734 nm	W