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 Friday, January 4, 2013 at 04:58:00 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: 60%

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 Friday, January 4, 2013 at 04:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 35'	South
Longitude:	1° 33'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.62 meters/second, 1611.4 km/hour, 1001.3 miles/hour or 870.1 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' 31.1"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 12.7"	1001.23 mi	west	0° 11' 33.5"	13.24 mi	south	1001.18 mi
24 hours	11° 46' 04.3"	811.45 mi	east	4° 31' 59.2"	311.53 mi	south	866.01 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
São Tomé	Fri 4:58 AM	793 km	493 miles	428 nm	NE
Port-Gentil	Fri 5:58 AM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	ENE
Libreville	Fri 5:58 AM	1038 km	645 miles	560 nm	ENE
Accra	Fri 4:58 AM	1137 km	706 miles	614 nm	N
Lome	Fri 4:58 AM	1185 km	737 miles	640 nm	N
Malabo	Fri 5:58 AM	1225 km	761 miles	661 nm	NE
Porto Novo	Fri 5:58 AM	1234 km	766 miles	666 nm	N
Lagos	Fri 5:58 AM	1237 km	769 miles	668 nm	N
Abidjan	Fri 4:58 AM	1258 km	782 miles	679 nm	NNW
Luanda	Fri 5:58 AM	1375 km	854 miles	742 nm	ESE