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, March 10, 2013 at 06:42:00 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: 3%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Monday, March 11, 2013 at 7:51 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 06:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 44'	South
Longitude:	61° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.15 meters/second, 1602.5 km/hour, 995.8 miles/hour or 865.3 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' 29.5"	16.60 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 39.6"	995.74 mi	west	0° 11' 26.7"	13.11 mi	north	996.02 mi
24 hours	11° 56' 49.5"	820.76 mi	east	4° 40' 00.8"	320.69 mi	north	884.01 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
Victoria	Sun 10:42 AM	726 km	451 miles	392 nm	WNW
Diego Garcia	Sun 12:42 PM	1191 km	740 miles	643 nm	E
Port Louis	Sun 10:42 AM	1552 km	964 miles	838 nm	SSW
Saint-Denis	Sun 10:42 AM	1702 km	1057 miles	919 nm	SSW
Male	Sun 11:42 AM	1786 km	1110 miles	965 nm	NE
Antananarivo	Sun 9:42 AM	2040 km	1268 miles	1101 nm	SW
Mogadishu	Sun 9:42 AM	2057 km	1278 miles	1111 nm	WNW
Moroni	Sun 9:42 AM	2087 km	1297 miles	1127 nm	WSW
Thiruvananthapuram	Sun 12:12 PM	2392 km	1486 miles	1291 nm	NE
Dar es Salaam	Sun 9:42 AM	2473 km	1536 miles	1335 nm	W