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 Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 22:30:00 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: 100%

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 Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 22:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 35'	North
Longitude:	21° 14'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.80 meters/second, 1565.3 km/hour, 972.6 miles/hour or 845.2 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' 31.5"	16.21 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	south	16.21 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 32.2"	972.49 mi	west	0° 08' 02.7"	9.22 mi	south	972.83 mi
24 hours	11° 18' 28.6"	757.12 mi	east	3° 31' 42.6"	242.57 mi	south	800.31 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
Sarh	Sat 11:30 PM	676 km	420 miles	365 nm	SSW
Ndjamena	Sat 11:30 PM	723 km	449 miles	390 nm	WSW
Moundou	Sat 11:30 PM	871 km	541 miles	470 nm	SW
Bangui	Sat 11:30 PM	1168 km	725 miles	630 nm	SSW
Khartoum	Sun 1:30 AM	1220 km	758 miles	659 nm	E
Kano	Sat 11:30 PM	1407 km	874 miles	760 nm	W
Juba	Sun 1:30 AM	1565 km	972 miles	845 nm	SE
Yaoundé	Sat 11:30 PM	1595 km	991 miles	861 nm	SW
Abuja	Sat 11:30 PM	1643 km	1021 miles	887 nm	WSW
Malabo	Sat 11:30 PM	1815 km	1128 miles	980 nm	SW