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 21:40:00 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 21:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 24'	North
Longitude:	36° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.41 meters/second, 1535.1 km/hour, 953.8 miles/hour or 828.9 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' 31.7"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	north	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 39.6"	953.63 mi	west	0° 05' 03.0"	5.79 mi	north	953.41 mi
24 hours	11° 25' 46.7"	750.34 mi	east	1° 37' 16.5"	111.52 mi	north	755.00 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
Praia	Sun 8:40 PM	1409 km	876 miles	761 nm	ESE
Dakar	Sun 9:40 PM	2047 km	1272 miles	1105 nm	E
Nouakchott	Sun 9:40 PM	2140 km	1330 miles	1156 nm	E
Banjul	Sun 9:40 PM	2173 km	1350 miles	1173 nm	ESE
Cayenne	Sun 6:40 PM	2299 km	1429 miles	1242 nm	SW
Bissau	Sun 9:40 PM	2332 km	1449 miles	1259 nm	ESE
Azores	Sun 8:40 PM	2366 km	1470 miles	1277 nm	NNE
Fortaleza	Sun 6:40 PM	2464 km	1531 miles	1330 nm	S
Paramaribo	Sun 6:40 PM	2483 km	1543 miles	1341 nm	WSW
El Aaiún	Sun 9:40 PM	2550 km	1584 miles	1377 nm	ENE