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 Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 01:08:00 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: 72%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 3:58 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 01:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 48'	North
Longitude:	45° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.51 meters/second, 1618.2 km/hour, 1005.5 miles/hour or 873.8 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' 32.2"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.76 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 12.6"	1005.50 mi	west	0° 11' 31.8"	13.20 mi	south	1005.60 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 21.4"	778.56 mi	east	4° 38' 29.6"	318.94 mi	south	840.98 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
Mogadishu	Thu 4:08 AM	154 km	96 miles	83 nm	NNW
Mombasa	Thu 4:08 AM	881 km	547 miles	476 nm	SW
Hargeisa	Thu 4:08 AM	992 km	616 miles	535 nm	NNW
Nairobi	Thu 4:08 AM	1043 km	648 miles	563 nm	WSW
Dar es Salaam	Thu 4:08 AM	1122 km	697 miles	606 nm	SW
Addis Ababa	Thu 4:08 AM	1210 km	752 miles	653 nm	NW
Victoria	Thu 5:08 AM	1214 km	754 miles	656 nm	ESE
Djibouti	Thu 4:08 AM	1233 km	766 miles	666 nm	NNW
Aden	Thu 4:08 AM	1335 km	830 miles	721 nm	N
Dodoma	Thu 4:08 AM	1379 km	857 miles	744 nm	SW