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 11, 2013 at 07:20:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

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 Friday, January 11, 2013 at 07:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 50'	South
Longitude:	63° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.28 meters/second, 1516.6 km/hour, 942.4 miles/hour or 818.9 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' 23.4"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.11 mi	north	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 24.4"	942.18 mi	west	0° 06' 01.5"	6.91 mi	north	942.49 mi
24 hours	14° 19' 06.6"	937.49 mi	east	2° 58' 28.1"	204.57 mi	north	967.21 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
Port Louis	Fri 11:20 AM	654 km	406 miles	353 nm	WSW
Saint-Denis	Fri 11:20 AM	879 km	546 miles	475 nm	WSW
Diego Garcia	Fri 1:20 PM	1593 km	990 miles	860 nm	NE
Antananarivo	Fri 10:20 AM	1690 km	1050 miles	913 nm	W
Victoria	Fri 11:20 AM	1803 km	1121 miles	974 nm	NNW
Moroni	Fri 10:20 AM	2313 km	1437 miles	1249 nm	WNW
Male	Fri 12:20 PM	2769 km	1721 miles	1495 nm	NNE
Dar es Salaam	Fri 10:20 AM	2946 km	1831 miles	1591 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Fri 10:20 AM	3052 km	1897 miles	1648 nm	NW
Lilongwe	Fri 9:20 AM	3223 km	2003 miles	1740 nm	W