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 11:20:00 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 11:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 26'	South
Longitude:	5° 60'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.42 meters/second, 1520.7 km/hour, 944.9 miles/hour or 821.1 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' 23.6"	15.75 mi	west	0° 00' 06.4"	0.12 mi	north	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 39.6"	944.75 mi	west	0° 06' 32.8"	7.51 mi	north	945.08 mi
24 hours	14° 11' 58.3"	931.98 mi	east	3° 09' 27.5"	217.15 mi	north	964.77 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
Lubango	Fri 12:20 PM	888 km	552 miles	480 nm	ENE
Walvis Bay *	Fri 1:20 PM	1018 km	632 miles	550 nm	ESE
Windhoek *	Fri 1:20 PM	1245 km	774 miles	672 nm	ESE
Jamestown	Fri 11:20 AM	1277 km	793 miles	689 nm	W
Luanda	Fri 12:20 PM	1318 km	819 miles	712 nm	NE
Kinshasa	Fri 12:20 PM	1860 km	1156 miles	1005 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Fri 12:20 PM	1864 km	1158 miles	1007 nm	NE
São Tomé	Fri 11:20 AM	2077 km	1291 miles	1122 nm	N
Cape Town	Fri 1:20 PM	2115 km	1314 miles	1142 nm	SSE
Libreville	Fri 12:20 PM	2116 km	1315 miles	1142 nm	N