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 12:30:00 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: 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 12:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 05'	South
Longitude:	3° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.82 meters/second, 1551.0 km/hour, 963.7 miles/hour or 837.5 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' 25.5"	16.06 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.06 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 35.6"	963.60 mi	west	0° 09' 18.9"	10.68 mi	north	964.01 mi
24 hours	13° 22' 09.8"	893.02 mi	east	4° 05' 08.2"	280.88 mi	north	943.57 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	Sat 12:30 PM	979 km	608 miles	529 nm	W
Luanda	Sat 1:30 PM	1277 km	794 miles	690 nm	ENE
Windhoek *	Sat 2:30 PM	1666 km	1035 miles	899 nm	ESE
São Tomé	Sat 12:30 PM	1746 km	1085 miles	943 nm	NNE
Kinshasa	Sat 1:30 PM	1769 km	1099 miles	955 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Sat 1:30 PM	1771 km	1101 miles	956 nm	NE
Libreville	Sat 1:30 PM	1839 km	1142 miles	993 nm	NNE
Malabo	Sat 1:30 PM	2168 km	1347 miles	1171 nm	NNE
Yaoundé	Sat 1:30 PM	2279 km	1416 miles	1231 nm	NNE
Accra	Sat 12:30 PM	2316 km	1439 miles	1250 nm	N