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 21, 2013 at 17:40:00 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: 75%

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 Monday, January 21, 2013 at 17:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 49'	North
Longitude:	33° 17'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.61 meters/second, 1521.4 km/hour, 945.3 miles/hour or 821.5 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' 31.3"	15.76 mi	west	0° 00' 03.2"	0.06 mi	north	15.76 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 15.2"	945.10 mi	west	0° 03' 18.0"	3.79 mi	north	944.95 mi
24 hours	11° 34' 38.5"	753.60 mi	east	0° 53' 44.8"	61.62 mi	north	753.98 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 Sudan	Mon 8:40 PM	412 km	256 miles	223 nm	E
Khartoum	Mon 8:40 PM	473 km	294 miles	255 nm	S
Kassala	Mon 8:40 PM	585 km	364 miles	316 nm	SE
Teseney	Mon 8:40 PM	632 km	392 miles	341 nm	SE
Jeddah	Mon 8:40 PM	641 km	398 miles	346 nm	ENE
Makkah	Mon 8:40 PM	704 km	437 miles	380 nm	ENE
Keren	Mon 8:40 PM	707 km	439 miles	382 nm	SE
Asmara	Mon 8:40 PM	778 km	483 miles	420 nm	SE
Hurghada	Mon 7:40 PM	826 km	513 miles	446 nm	N
Medina	Mon 8:40 PM	831 km	517 miles	449 nm	NE