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 Monday, January 21, 2013 at 20:30:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 76%

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 Monday, January 21, 2013 at 20:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 58'	North
Longitude:	7° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.18 meters/second, 1519.8 km/hour, 944.4 miles/hour or 820.6 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' 31.1"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	north	15.74 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 12.0"	944.14 mi	west	0° 03' 02.7"	3.49 mi	north	943.99 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 43.1"	754.05 mi	east	0° 47' 23.4"	54.34 mi	north	754.10 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
Bamako	Mon 8:30 PM	810 km	503 miles	438 nm	S
Koutiala	Mon 8:30 PM	877 km	545 miles	473 nm	SSE
Nouakchott	Mon 8:30 PM	880 km	547 miles	475 nm	WSW
Rosso	Mon 8:30 PM	923 km	574 miles	499 nm	WSW
Nouadhibou	Mon 8:30 PM	964 km	599 miles	520 nm	W
El Aaiún	Mon 8:30 PM	965 km	599 miles	521 nm	NNW
Sikasso	Mon 8:30 PM	986 km	612 miles	532 nm	SSE
Touba	Mon 8:30 PM	1022 km	635 miles	552 nm	WSW
Ouagadougou	Mon 8:30 PM	1079 km	670 miles	583 nm	SE
Dakar	Mon 8:30 PM	1174 km	730 miles	634 nm	WSW