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

Latitude:	14° 54'	South
Longitude:	14° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.26 meters/second, 1552.5 km/hour, 964.7 miles/hour or 838.3 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' 25.7"	16.08 mi	west	0° 00' 09.3"	0.18 mi	north	16.08 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 41.7"	964.58 mi	west	0° 09' 25.6"	10.80 mi	north	964.99 mi
24 hours	13° 19' 38.4"	891.00 mi	east	4° 07' 14.7"	283.29 mi	north	942.30 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 1:44 PM	941 km	585 miles	508 nm	E
Recife	Sat 10:44 AM	2353 km	1462 miles	1271 nm	WNW
Monrovia	Sat 1:44 PM	2380 km	1479 miles	1285 nm	N
Abidjan	Sat 1:44 PM	2513 km	1562 miles	1357 nm	NNE
Freetown	Sat 1:44 PM	2589 km	1609 miles	1398 nm	N
Yamoussoukro	Sat 1:44 PM	2605 km	1619 miles	1407 nm	NNE
Salvador	Sat 10:44 AM	2607 km	1620 miles	1408 nm	W
Conakry	Sat 1:44 PM	2700 km	1678 miles	1458 nm	N
Accra	Sat 1:44 PM	2752 km	1710 miles	1486 nm	NE
São Tomé	Sat 1:44 PM	2874 km	1786 miles	1552 nm	NE