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 08:44:00 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: 1%

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 08:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 40'	South
Longitude:	57° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.49 meters/second, 1546.2 km/hour, 960.7 miles/hour or 834.9 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' 25.2"	16.01 mi	west	0° 00' 08.8"	0.17 mi	north	16.01 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 16.5"	960.62 mi	west	0° 08' 57.7"	10.27 mi	north	961.02 mi
24 hours	13° 29' 52.6"	899.14 mi	east	3° 58' 20.1"	273.10 mi	north	947.32 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	Sat 12:44 PM	499 km	310 miles	269 nm	S
Saint-Denis	Sat 12:44 PM	624 km	388 miles	337 nm	SSW
Toamasina	Sat 11:44 AM	925 km	575 miles	500 nm	WSW
Antananarivo	Sat 11:44 AM	1140 km	709 miles	616 nm	WSW
Victoria	Sat 12:44 PM	1245 km	774 miles	672 nm	NNW
Moroni	Sat 11:44 AM	1617 km	1005 miles	873 nm	WNW
Diego Garcia	Sat 2:44 PM	1850 km	1149 miles	999 nm	ENE
Dar es Salaam	Sat 11:44 AM	2233 km	1388 miles	1206 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Sat 11:44 AM	2384 km	1481 miles	1287 nm	NW
Lilongwe	Sat 10:44 AM	2580 km	1603 miles	1393 nm	W