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 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 22:40:00 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: 84%

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 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 22:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 47'	North
Longitude:	27° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.77 meters/second, 1511.2 km/hour, 939.0 miles/hour or 816.0 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' 30.7"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.7"	938.74 mi	west	0° 00' 35.0"	0.67 mi	north	938.71 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 31.5"	757.42 mi	east	0° 12' 43.5"	14.59 mi	south	758.09 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
Mindelo	Tue 9:40 PM	518 km	322 miles	280 nm	SE
Praia	Tue 9:40 PM	786 km	489 miles	425 nm	SE
Nouakchott	Tue 10:40 PM	1267 km	787 miles	684 nm	ESE
Dakar	Tue 10:40 PM	1282 km	797 miles	692 nm	ESE
Banjul	Tue 10:40 PM	1435 km	892 miles	775 nm	ESE
Bissau	Tue 10:40 PM	1627 km	1011 miles	879 nm	SE
El Aaiún	Tue 10:40 PM	1635 km	1016 miles	883 nm	ENE
Conakry	Tue 10:40 PM	1952 km	1213 miles	1054 nm	SE
Azores	Tue 9:40 PM	1964 km	1221 miles	1061 nm	N
Freetown	Tue 10:40 PM	2066 km	1284 miles	1116 nm	SE