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 15:34:00 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 15:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 35'	North
Longitude:	23° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.78 meters/second, 1615.6 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' 11.7"	0.22 mi	north	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 03.1"	1003.88 mi	west	0° 11' 46.6"	13.49 mi	north	1003.92 mi
24 hours	11° 27' 17.7"	792.10 mi	east	4° 34' 15.8"	314.11 mi	north	850.52 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
Freetown	Tue 3:34 PM	1374 km	854 miles	742 nm	NE
Conakry	Tue 3:34 PM	1397 km	868 miles	755 nm	NE
Bissau	Tue 3:34 PM	1437 km	893 miles	776 nm	NE
Praia	Tue 2:34 PM	1475 km	917 miles	797 nm	N
Monrovia	Tue 3:34 PM	1508 km	937 miles	814 nm	ENE
Banjul	Tue 3:34 PM	1521 km	945 miles	821 nm	NNE
Dakar	Tue 3:34 PM	1596 km	992 miles	862 nm	NNE
Recife	Tue 12:34 PM	1653 km	1027 miles	892 nm	SW
Fortaleza	Tue 12:34 PM	1774 km	1103 miles	958 nm	WSW
Nouakchott	Tue 3:34 PM	2004 km	1245 miles	1082 nm	NNE