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 Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 19:30:00 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: 50%

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 Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 19:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 12'	North
Longitude:	23° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.21 meters/second, 1527.2 km/hour, 948.9 miles/hour or 824.6 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' 31.1"	15.82 mi	west	0° 00' 03.8"	0.07 mi	north	15.82 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 14.1"	948.71 mi	west	0° 03' 52.5"	4.44 mi	north	948.53 mi
24 hours	11° 33' 30.0"	755.25 mi	east	1° 07' 50.5"	77.78 mi	north	756.62 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	Sun 6:30 PM	279 km	173 miles	151 nm	SSW
Santa Maria	Sun 6:30 PM	306 km	190 miles	165 nm	SSE
Praia	Sun 6:30 PM	475 km	295 miles	257 nm	S
Nouadhibou	Sun 7:30 PM	746 km	463 miles	403 nm	ENE
Nouakchott	Sun 7:30 PM	847 km	526 miles	457 nm	E
Dakar	Sun 7:30 PM	853 km	530 miles	461 nm	SE
Thiès	Sun 7:30 PM	889 km	553 miles	480 nm	ESE
Rosso	Sun 7:30 PM	910 km	565 miles	491 nm	ESE
Touba	Sun 7:30 PM	981 km	610 miles	530 nm	ESE
Serekunda	Sun 7:30 PM	1002 km	622 miles	541 nm	SE