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 02:58:00 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 02:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 27'	North
Longitude:	19° 18'	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' 32.2"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.76 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 09.9"	1005.51 mi	west	0° 11' 33.1"	13.23 mi	south	1005.61 mi
24 hours	11° 16' 52.4"	780.36 mi	east	4° 38' 36.0"	319.06 mi	south	842.51 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
Impfondo	Thu 3:58 AM	190 km	118 miles	102 nm	NW
Bimbo	Thu 3:58 AM	433 km	269 miles	234 nm	NNW
Bangui	Thu 3:58 AM	442 km	274 miles	238 nm	N
Berbérati	Thu 3:58 AM	575 km	358 miles	311 nm	NW
Bambari	Thu 3:58 AM	607 km	377 miles	328 nm	NNE
Kisangani	Thu 3:58 AM	656 km	407 miles	354 nm	E
Franceville	Thu 3:58 AM	677 km	421 miles	366 nm	WSW
Brazzaville	Thu 3:58 AM	687 km	427 miles	371 nm	SW
Kinshasa	Thu 3:58 AM	689 km	428 miles	372 nm	SW
Mbuji-Mayi	Thu 3:58 AM	868 km	539 miles	469 nm	SSE