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 Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 07:30:00 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	New Moon	Friday, January 11, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 07:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 51'	South
Longitude:	75° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.06 meters/second, 1544.6 km/hour, 959.8 miles/hour or 834.0 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' 25.0"	16.00 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	16.00 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 10.5"	959.65 mi	west	0° 08' 50.5"	10.13 mi	north	960.05 mi
24 hours	13° 32' 23.9"	901.13 mi	east	3° 55' 59.2"	270.41 mi	north	948.51 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
Diego Garcia	Sat 1:30 PM	999 km	621 miles	539 nm	NNW
Port Louis	Sat 11:30 AM	1962 km	1219 miles	1060 nm	WSW
Saint-Denis	Sat 11:30 AM	2187 km	1359 miles	1181 nm	WSW
Male	Sat 12:30 PM	2224 km	1382 miles	1201 nm	N
Victoria	Sat 11:30 AM	2517 km	1564 miles	1359 nm	WNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sat 1:00 PM	2561 km	1591 miles	1383 nm	NNE
Colombo	Sat 1:00 PM	2563 km	1593 miles	1384 nm	N
Antananarivo	Sat 10:30 AM	2988 km	1857 miles	1613 nm	W
Bangalore	Sat 1:00 PM	3195 km	1985 miles	1725 nm	N
Moroni	Sat 10:30 AM	3505 km	2178 miles	1893 nm	W