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, February 12, 2013 at 14:24:00 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: 7%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 7:20 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 8:31 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 14:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 21'	North
Longitude:	6° 36'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.80 meters/second, 1615.7 km/hour, 1003.9 miles/hour or 872.4 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' 30.9"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 11.8"	0.23 mi	north	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 00.9"	1003.94 mi	west	0° 11' 48.2"	13.52 mi	north	1003.99 mi
24 hours	11° 27' 59.4"	792.99 mi	east	4° 35' 11.2"	315.16 mi	north	851.84 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
Abidjan	Tue 2:24 PM	525 km	326 miles	283 nm	NNE
Yamoussoukro	Tue 2:24 PM	623 km	387 miles	336 nm	NNE
Gbarnga	Tue 2:24 PM	701 km	436 miles	378 nm	NNW
Kakata	Tue 2:24 PM	708 km	440 miles	382 nm	NW
Monrovia	Tue 2:24 PM	721 km	448 miles	389 nm	NW
Bouaké	Tue 2:24 PM	723 km	449 miles	390 nm	NNE
Nzérékoré	Tue 2:24 PM	750 km	466 miles	405 nm	NNW
Kumasi	Tue 2:24 PM	810 km	503 miles	437 nm	NE
Accra	Tue 2:24 PM	849 km	527 miles	458 nm	ENE
Kenema	Tue 2:24 PM	883 km	549 miles	477 nm	NW