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 13:44:00 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 13:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 10'	South
Longitude:	28° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.14 meters/second, 1523.3 km/hour, 946.5 miles/hour or 822.5 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' 23.7"	15.78 mi	west	0° 00' 06.7"	0.13 mi	north	15.78 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 49.2"	946.38 mi	west	0° 06' 51.0"	7.85 mi	north	946.72 mi
24 hours	14° 07' 32.2"	928.55 mi	east	3° 15' 47.1"	224.40 mi	north	963.18 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
Salvador	Fri 10:44 AM	1210 km	752 miles	653 nm	WNW
Recife	Fri 10:44 AM	1307 km	812 miles	706 nm	NNW
Rio de Janeiro *	Fri 11:44 AM	1615 km	1003 miles	872 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Fri 10:44 AM	1933 km	1201 miles	1044 nm	NW
São Paulo *	Fri 11:44 AM	1973 km	1226 miles	1065 nm	WSW
Brasilia *	Fri 11:44 AM	2074 km	1289 miles	1120 nm	W
Jamestown	Fri 1:44 PM	2442 km	1517 miles	1318 nm	E
Belém	Fri 10:44 AM	2857 km	1775 miles	1542 nm	NW
Asuncion *	Fri 10:44 AM	3104 km	1929 miles	1676 nm	WSW
Montevideo *	Fri 11:44 AM	3301 km	2051 miles	1782 nm	SW