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, February 23, 2013 at 21:52:00 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: 96%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 8:31 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, February 25, 2013 at 8:26 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 21:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 19'	North
Longitude:	11° 09'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.93 meters/second, 1580.1 km/hour, 981.9 miles/hour or 853.2 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"	16.36 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	16.37 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 33.5"	981.75 mi	west	0° 09' 01.5"	10.34 mi	south	982.09 mi
24 hours	11° 21' 01.8"	767.17 mi	east	3° 53' 11.6"	267.14 mi	south	817.13 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
Zinder	Sat 10:52 PM	287 km	178 miles	155 nm	NW
Kano	Sat 10:52 PM	289 km	180 miles	156 nm	W
Garoua	Sat 10:52 PM	414 km	257 miles	223 nm	SE
Ndjamena	Sat 10:52 PM	425 km	264 miles	229 nm	E
Kaduna	Sat 10:52 PM	451 km	281 miles	244 nm	WSW
Maradi	Sat 10:52 PM	459 km	285 miles	248 nm	WNW
Abuja	Sat 10:52 PM	556 km	346 miles	300 nm	SW
Agadez	Sat 10:52 PM	618 km	384 miles	334 nm	NNW
Moundou	Sat 10:52 PM	679 km	422 miles	367 nm	SE
Bamenda	Sat 10:52 PM	712 km	442 miles	384 nm	S