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 10, 2013 at 07:42:00 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: 3%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 3:58 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Friday, January 11, 2013 at 7:44 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 07:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 32'	South
Longitude:	43° 25'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.41 meters/second, 1499.1 km/hour, 931.5 miles/hour or 809.4 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' 22.3"	15.53 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	north	15.53 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 26.5"	931.26 mi	west	0° 02' 37.0"	3.00 mi	north	931.40 mi
24 hours	14° 51' 59.6"	963.15 mi	east	1° 43' 35.2"	118.76 mi	north	975.67 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
Antsirabe	Thu 10:42 AM	384 km	239 miles	208 nm	E
Antananarivo	Thu 10:42 AM	465 km	289 miles	251 nm	ENE
Toamasina	Thu 10:42 AM	681 km	423 miles	368 nm	ENE
Nampula	Thu 9:42 AM	744 km	462 miles	402 nm	NW
Mamoutzou	Thu 10:42 AM	879 km	546 miles	475 nm	NNE
Beira	Thu 9:42 AM	901 km	560 miles	486 nm	W
Mutsamudu	Thu 10:42 AM	932 km	579 miles	503 nm	N
Moroni	Thu 10:42 AM	981 km	610 miles	530 nm	N
Saint-Denis	Thu 11:42 AM	1253 km	779 miles	677 nm	E
Lilongwe	Thu 9:42 AM	1255 km	780 miles	678 nm	NW