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 Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 20:30:00 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: 68%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 4:39 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 20:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 18'	North
Longitude:	19° 17'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.67 meters/second, 1536.0 km/hour, 954.4 miles/hour or 829.4 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' 31.6"	15.91 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	north	15.91 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 41.0"	954.21 mi	west	0° 05' 08.9"	5.90 mi	north	953.99 mi
24 hours	11° 25' 13.0"	750.16 mi	east	1° 39' 43.9"	114.34 mi	north	755.16 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
Nouakchott	Sun 8:30 PM	350 km	217 miles	189 nm	E
Nouadhibou	Sun 8:30 PM	375 km	233 miles	202 nm	NE
Rosso	Sun 8:30 PM	419 km	260 miles	226 nm	ESE
Santa Maria	Sun 7:30 PM	429 km	267 miles	232 nm	WSW
Dakar	Sun 8:30 PM	447 km	278 miles	242 nm	SSE
Thiès	Sun 8:30 PM	462 km	287 miles	249 nm	SSE
Touba	Sun 8:30 PM	525 km	327 miles	284 nm	SE
Praia	Sun 7:30 PM	587 km	365 miles	317 nm	SW
Serekunda	Sun 8:30 PM	606 km	376 miles	327 nm	SSE
Banjul	Sun 8:30 PM	610 km	379 miles	329 nm	SSE