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 12:24:00 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 12:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 19'	South
Longitude:	9° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.74 meters/second, 1521.9 km/hour, 945.6 miles/hour or 821.7 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"	15.76 mi	west	0° 00' 06.5"	0.13 mi	north	15.76 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 43.8"	945.47 mi	west	0° 06' 41.0"	7.66 mi	north	945.80 mi
24 hours	14° 10' 00.9"	930.46 mi	east	3° 12' 17.8"	220.40 mi	north	964.07 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
Jamestown	Fri 12:24 PM	469 km	291 miles	253 nm	NE
Luanda	Fri 1:24 PM	2656 km	1650 miles	1434 nm	ENE
Abidjan	Fri 12:24 PM	2678 km	1664 miles	1446 nm	NNE
São Tomé	Fri 12:24 PM	2712 km	1685 miles	1464 nm	NE
Monrovia	Fri 12:24 PM	2728 km	1695 miles	1473 nm	N
Windhoek *	Fri 2:24 PM	2797 km	1738 miles	1510 nm	ESE
Yamoussoukro	Fri 12:24 PM	2815 km	1749 miles	1520 nm	N
Accra	Fri 12:24 PM	2823 km	1754 miles	1524 nm	NNE
Libreville	Fri 1:24 PM	2918 km	1813 miles	1576 nm	NE
Lome	Fri 12:24 PM	2942 km	1828 miles	1589 nm	NNE