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 Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 02:18:00 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: 51%

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 Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 02:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 38'	South
Longitude:	51° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.38 meters/second, 1596.2 km/hour, 991.8 miles/hour or 861.9 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' 29.9"	16.53 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	south	16.53 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 59.2"	991.69 mi	west	0° 11' 04.5"	12.69 mi	south	991.53 mi
24 hours	12° 20' 19.9"	843.92 mi	east	4° 13' 48.7"	290.77 mi	south	887.41 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	Sat 6:18 AM	587 km	364 miles	317 nm	NE
Mamoutzou	Sat 5:18 AM	869 km	540 miles	469 nm	WSW
Mutsamudu	Sat 5:18 AM	917 km	570 miles	495 nm	WSW
Moroni	Sat 5:18 AM	1007 km	625 miles	544 nm	WSW
Antananarivo	Sat 5:18 AM	1236 km	768 miles	667 nm	SSW
Mogadishu	Sat 5:18 AM	1391 km	864 miles	751 nm	NNW
Saint-Denis	Sat 6:18 AM	1406 km	874 miles	759 nm	SSE
Port Louis	Sat 6:18 AM	1408 km	875 miles	760 nm	SSE
Dar es Salaam	Sat 5:18 AM	1414 km	879 miles	763 nm	W
Dodoma	Sat 5:18 AM	1812 km	1126 miles	979 nm	W