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 19, 2013 at 18:26:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 58%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 4:39 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 18:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 36'	North
Longitude:	0° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.08 meters/second, 1559.1 km/hour, 968.8 miles/hour or 841.8 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' 32.2"	16.15 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	north	16.15 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 11.2"	968.60 mi	west	0° 07' 12.3"	8.26 mi	north	968.36 mi
24 hours	11° 12' 36.1"	747.02 mi	east	2° 31' 42.9"	173.89 mi	north	762.27 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
Niamey	Sat 7:26 PM	360 km	224 miles	195 nm	SE
Ouagadougou	Sat 6:26 PM	375 km	233 miles	202 nm	SSW
Koudougou	Sat 6:26 PM	423 km	263 miles	229 nm	SSW
Bobo-Dioulasso	Sat 6:26 PM	641 km	398 miles	346 nm	SW
Koutiala	Sat 6:26 PM	647 km	402 miles	349 nm	WSW
Tamale	Sat 6:26 PM	686 km	426 miles	370 nm	S
Kara	Sat 6:26 PM	693 km	430 miles	374 nm	SSE
Sikasso	Sat 6:26 PM	737 km	458 miles	398 nm	SW
Sokodé	Sat 6:26 PM	751 km	467 miles	406 nm	SSE
Parakou	Sat 7:26 PM	769 km	478 miles	415 nm	SSE