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 02:34:00 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: 71%

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 02:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 31'	North
Longitude:	25° 07'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.52 meters/second, 1618.3 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' 32.1"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.76 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 10.5"	1005.51 mi	west	0° 11' 32.9"	13.22 mi	south	1005.61 mi
24 hours	11° 16' 32.1"	779.96 mi	east	4° 38' 35.0"	319.04 mi	south	842.17 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
Kisangani	Thu 3:34 AM	8 km	5 miles	5 nm	E
Bukavu	Thu 4:34 AM	533 km	331 miles	288 nm	SE
Gitarama	Thu 4:34 AM	590 km	367 miles	319 nm	ESE
Kigali	Thu 4:34 AM	614 km	381 miles	332 nm	ESE
Butare	Thu 4:34 AM	619 km	385 miles	334 nm	SE
Bujumbura	Thu 4:34 AM	637 km	396 miles	344 nm	SE
Muyinga	Thu 4:34 AM	690 km	429 miles	372 nm	ESE
Gitega	Thu 4:34 AM	691 km	429 miles	373 nm	SE
Mbuji-Mayi	Thu 3:34 AM	754 km	468 miles	407 nm	SSW
Kampala	Thu 5:34 AM	831 km	516 miles	449 nm	E