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 07:44:00 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 07:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 48'	South
Longitude:	57° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.39 meters/second, 1517.0 km/hour, 942.6 miles/hour or 819.1 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' 23.4"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.11 mi	north	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 26.0"	942.43 mi	west	0° 06' 04.7"	6.97 mi	north	942.74 mi
24 hours	14° 18' 24.6"	936.95 mi	east	2° 59' 35.7"	205.86 mi	north	966.98 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 11:44 AM	155 km	96 miles	83 nm	SSW
Saint-Denis	Fri 11:44 AM	337 km	210 miles	182 nm	SW
Toamasina	Fri 10:44 AM	891 km	553 miles	481 nm	W
Antananarivo	Fri 10:44 AM	1085 km	674 miles	586 nm	W
Victoria	Fri 11:44 AM	1589 km	988 miles	858 nm	N
Moroni	Fri 10:44 AM	1744 km	1084 miles	942 nm	WNW
Diego Garcia	Fri 1:44 PM	2027 km	1260 miles	1095 nm	NE
Dar es Salaam	Fri 10:44 AM	2405 km	1494 miles	1298 nm	WNW
Lilongwe	Fri 9:44 AM	2620 km	1628 miles	1415 nm	W
Mogadishu	Fri 10:44 AM	2679 km	1665 miles	1447 nm	NNW