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

Latitude:	8° 45'	South
Longitude:	42° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.21 meters/second, 1595.6 km/hour, 991.4 miles/hour or 861.5 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"	16.52 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	south	16.52 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 56.5"	991.32 mi	west	0° 11' 03.2"	12.66 mi	south	991.15 mi
24 hours	12° 21' 32.2"	845.01 mi	east	4° 13' 02.1"	289.88 mi	south	888.10 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
Moroni	Sat 5:58 AM	341 km	212 miles	184 nm	SSE
Dar es Salaam	Sat 5:58 AM	396 km	246 miles	214 nm	WNW
Mutsamudu	Sat 5:58 AM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	SSE
Zanzibar City	Sat 5:58 AM	447 km	278 miles	242 nm	NW
Mamoutzou	Sat 5:58 AM	549 km	341 miles	296 nm	SE
Mombasa	Sat 5:58 AM	596 km	370 miles	322 nm	NNW
Nampula	Sat 4:58 AM	778 km	484 miles	420 nm	SSW
Dodoma	Sat 5:58 AM	779 km	484 miles	421 nm	WNW
Nairobi	Sat 5:58 AM	1026 km	637 miles	554 nm	NW
Lilongwe	Sat 4:58 AM	1097 km	682 miles	592 nm	WSW