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 14, 2013 at 14:34:00 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: 11%

Previous phase	New Moon	Friday, January 11, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, January 14, 2013 at 14:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 60'	South
Longitude:	0° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.77 meters/second, 1604.8 km/hour, 997.2 miles/hour or 866.5 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' 29.5"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 11.8"	0.23 mi	north	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 38.3"	997.15 mi	west	0° 11' 53.9"	13.63 mi	north	997.43 mi
24 hours	11° 51' 27.2"	815.78 mi	east	4° 47' 12.9"	328.94 mi	north	882.03 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
São Tomé	Mon 2:34 PM	1077 km	669 miles	582 nm	NE
Jamestown	Mon 2:34 PM	1231 km	765 miles	664 nm	SSW
Accra	Mon 2:34 PM	1277 km	793 miles	690 nm	N
Abidjan	Mon 2:34 PM	1307 km	812 miles	705 nm	NNW
Libreville	Mon 3:34 PM	1325 km	823 miles	716 nm	ENE
Lome	Mon 2:34 PM	1357 km	843 miles	732 nm	N
Porto Novo	Mon 3:34 PM	1433 km	890 miles	774 nm	NNE
Lagos	Mon 3:34 PM	1446 km	899 miles	781 nm	NNE
Malabo	Mon 3:34 PM	1504 km	934 miles	812 nm	NE
Yamoussoukro	Mon 2:34 PM	1508 km	937 miles	814 nm	NNW